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ALEXANDER  POPE 

NOTES  TOWARDS  A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  EARLY 
EDITIONS  OF  HIS  WRITINGS 


A 
CATALOGUE 


OF   MARSHALL  C.  LEFFERTS'S   GREAT   COLLECTION   OF   FIRST 
AND  LATER  EDITIONS  OF  THE  WORKS  OF 


ALEXANDER  POPE 

WITH  THE 
AUTOGRAPH  MANUSCRIPT  OF 

AN  ESSAY  ON  MAN 


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wards of  five  hundred  volumes  and  pam- 
phlets, of  several  sizes  and  in  various  bindings, 
as  described  on  the  following  pages,  is  offered 
for  sale  by  Dodd,  Mead  &  Company. 

Also  the  important  Autograph  Manuscript  of 
"An  Essay  on  Man,"  described  on  pp.  49-50 

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THE  collection  of  first  and  other  editions  of  the  writings  of 
Alexander  Pope,  described  on  the  pages  following  is,  without 
doubt,  the  most  extensive  brought  together  by  any  collector  or 
student  in  recent  years,  Mr.  Lefferts's  purpose,  as  has  been  well 
known,  was  to  prepare  a  Bibliography  of  Pope's  writings,  and  it  is 
to  be  regretted  that  he  has  definitely  given  up  this  plan.  Such  a 
bibliography  as  he  was  preparing  would  have  contained  descriptions 
of  all  the  various  contemporary  editions,  authorized  or  unauthorized, 
in  the  English  language. 

Pope  died  oh  May  30,  1744,  and  under  his  will  he  left  to 
Warburton  "the  property  of  all  such  of  his  works  already  printed 
as  he  had  written  or  should  write  commentaries  or  notes  upon,  and 
all  the  profits  which  should  arise  after  his  death  from  such  editions 
as  he  should  publish  without  future  alterations."  Warburton's  first 
collected  edition  appeared  in  1751  and  no  effort  has  been  made  to 
secure  books  printed  after  that  date  unless  they  are  actually  first 
editions,  including  new  matter. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  a  constant  watch  has  been  kept 
of  books  coming  on  the  market  here  and  abroad  Mr.  Leflferts  has 
been  able  to  add  comparatively  few  titles  within  the  last  two  or  three 
years  and,  being  unwilling  to  publish  a  mere  "contribution"  towards 
a  Pope  bibliography,  and  realizing  the  hopelessness  of  securing  every 
edition  in  a  life-time,  he  has  decided  to  part  with  the  collection  and 
let  some  other,  and  perhaps  younger,  collector  or  student,  carry 
on  the  work. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  that,  in  the  main,  the  best  bibliography  of 
Pope  is  that  printed  in  Lowndes's  "Manual,"  which  is,  needless  to 
say,  entirely  unsatisfactory  to  the  modern  collector  or  bibliographer. 

In  the  summer  of  1888  a  loan  collection  of  books,  autographs, 
engravings,  paintings,  and  personal  relics  of  Alexander  Pope  was 
brought  together  in  the  Town  Hall  at  Twickenham,  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  his  birth,  which  took  place 


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The  Works  of 

on  May  21,  1688.  Although  books  were  drawn  from  such  private 
collections  as  those  of  Colonel  Grant,  Austin  Dobson  and  Edmund 
Gosse,  a  comparison  of  that  catalogue  with  the  present  one  will 
show,  as  far  as  concerns  books,  how  inferior  the  loan  collection  was. 

And,  while  books  by  Pope  fill  many  pages  in  the  great  Catalogue 
of  the  Library  of  the  British  Museum  an  examination  will  show 
that  the  lists  are  largely  made  up  of  modern  Nineteenth  Century 
editions  and  of  translations  into  foreign  languages.  While  some 
editions  not  in  the  Lefferts  collection  are  in  the  Museum  library  the 
contrary  is  equally  true.  For  example,  of  the  "Essay  on  Criticism," 
the  Museum  Catalogue  shows  the  first  edition  (1711),  the  second 
(1713),  the  fifth  (1717),  the  seventh  (1722),  and  an  unnumbered 
edition  of  1751,  while  the  present  catalogue  describes  the  first  (1711), 
the  third  (1713),  the  fourth  (1713),  the  sixth  (1719),  the  seventh 
(1722),  and  an  unnumbered  edition  of  1749.  Of  "The  Rape  of  the 
Lock"  the  present  collection  contains  a  complete  series  of  editions 
from  the  first  of  1714  to  the  sixth  of  1723,  while  the  Aluseum  Cata- 
logue shows  only  the  first,  third,  fourth,  and  fifth. 

The  collection  of  editions  of  "The  Dunciad"  described  on  pp. 
10-15  is  probably  the  largest  ever  brought  together,  twenty-six  edi- 
tions and  variations  printed  between  the  first  edition  of  1728  and 
1749  being  included. 

Of  modern  collectors  of  Pope's  works  Colonel  Francis  Grant 
seems  to  have  been  the  most  zealous,  and  many  items  from  his 
library,  dispersed  in  1900,  will  be  found  in  the  present  collection. 

The  arrangement  of  the  present  Catalogue  is,  briefly,  as  follows : 

First.  The  "Essay  on  Man,"  and  "The  Dunciad,"  Pope's  two 
most  notable  works  and,  bibliographically,  those  of  the  most  interest. 

Second.  Separate  editions  of  other  of  Pope's  works,  arranged 
chronologically  by  the  date  of  the  first  edition  of  each  piece. 

Third.  Editions  of  the  "Letters"  arranged  by  date  of  publica- 
tion. 

Fourth.  Miscellanies  and  other  books  to  which  Pope  contrib- 
uted, arranged  generally  by  date  of  publication. 

Fifth.  Various  collected  editions  of  the  Works  from  the  vol- 
ume of  1717  to  the  final  edition  of  Elwin  and  Courthope. 

Sixth.     Popeana.     A  remarkable  collection. 


Alexander  Pope 


AN  ESSAY  ON  MAN 

"An  Essay  on  Man"  was  published  anonymously,  the  secret  of 
its  authorship  being  revealed  to  a  few  friends  only.  It  is  even  said 
that  Pope  included  in  it  bad  rhymes  in  order  to  divert  suspicion, 
as  "lane"  to  "name"  in  the  Second  Epistle,  but  this  anecdote  is 
probably  without  foundation. 

In  the  "To  the  Reader"  of  the  first  edition  of  the  first  Epistle 
it  is  said  of  the  author:  "As  he  imitates  no  Man,  so  he  would  be 
thought  to  Vye  with  no  Man  in  these  Epistles,  particularly  with 
the  noted  Author  of  TWO  lately  published."  In  this  he  refers  to 
himself  and  his  "Epistle  on  the  Use  of  Riches"  and  one  of  the 
Imitations  of  Horace,  just  published.  This  was  also  calculated  to 
induce  readers  to  suppose  Pope  himself  could  not  be  the  author. 

The  work  was  under  way  for  several  years.  In  December, 
1730,  he  had  "many  fragments"  but  "nothing  perfect  or  finished,  nor 
in  any  condition  to  be  shown,  except  to  a  friend  at  a  fireside."  The 
first  Epistle  (called  Part  I)  was  published  in  February,  1733,  the 
second  and  third  Epistles  appeared  about  April,  1733,  and  the  fourth 
in  January,  1734. 

Gilliver  is  said  to  have  paid  iSO  for  each  Epistle  for  the  privilege 
of  printing  for  one  year.  The  various  folio  editions  as  well  as  those 
incorporated  in  the  "Works"  Vol.  II,  1735,  and  "Works"  1737,  seem 
to  have  been  printed  from  the  same  font  of  types  though  often 
changed  in  wording  or  in  form,  and  with  different  printers'  orna- 
ments. 

Attention  is  especially  called  to  the  Autograph  Manuscript  of 
"An  Bssay  on  Man"  (acquired  from  another  source)  zn'hich  is  de- 
scribed on  pp.  49-50. 

The  collection  includes  the  following  separate  printed  editions: 

1.  An  Essay  on  Man.  Address'd  to  a  Friend.  Part  I.  London:  Printed 
for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de-Luces,  behind  the  Chapter- 
house, St.  Pauls.  (Price  One  Shilling).  Folio,  calf,  bound  with  first 
editions  of  Epistles  II,  III  and  IV. 

*  This,  the  genuine  first  edition  of  the  first  Part,  consists  of  nine  leaves, 
signatures  A,  2  leaves,  B,  1  leaf,  and  B,  C  and  D,  each  2  leaves.  The 
title,  verso  blank  and  "To  the  Reader"  make  up  the  first  signature.    The 


The  Works  of 


text  is  paged  \S],  6  and  9-20.  Each  page  of  text,  (except  p.  [5]),  has  a 
headline  "Epistles"  and  the  page  number  is  in  the  outer  corner.  Only  the 
first  two  pages  have  the  stanzas  spaced  apart. 

2.  An  Essay  on  Man.    Address'd  to  a  Friend.     Part  I.    London,  Printed 

for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de-luces,  behind  the  Chapter- 
house, St.  Pauls.  (Price  One  Shilling.)  Folio,  boards,  uncut,  bound 
with  first  editions  of  Epistles  II,  III  and  IV. 

*  This  is  the  form  which  has  heretofore  been  described  as  the  first  edi- 
tion. Though  apparently  from  the  same  setting  of  types  it  is  reimposed 
throughout.  It  consists  of  ten  leaves,  signatures  A,  B,  C,  D  and  E,  each 
2  leaves,  made  up  of  title  and  "To  the  Reader"  pp.  [1-4]  and  text,  pp.  [5] -19, 
There  are  no  headlines  and  the  page  numbers  are  in  the  center.  The  title 
"To  the  Reader"  and  first  leaf  of  text  are  identical  with  No.  1.  From  p. 
7  on,  however,  the  stanzas  are  spaced  out,  giving  the  book  one  more  page 
than  the  other.  Owing  to  a  mistake  in  numbering  the  lines  there  appears 
to  be  281  only  whereas  there  are  actually  286. 

3.  An  Essay  on  Man.     Address'd  to  a  Friend.     Part  I.    London:  Printed 

for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de-luces,  behind  the  Chapter- 
house, St.  Paul's.     MDCCXXXIII.    8vo,  unbound. 

*  It  is  said  that  the  various  parts  of  the  "Essay  on  Man"  were  published 
simultaneously  in  three  sizes,  folio,  quarto  and  octavo.  This  is  the  octavo 
edition.  It  was  reprinted,  evidently,  from  No.  2  as  it  contains  the  error  in 
line  numbers,  245-249  being  repeated.  It  consists  of  ten  leaves  and  though 
8vo  for  size  is  made  up  of  signatures  A  and  B,  each  4  leaves,  and  C,  2 
leaves.  The  first  part  is  page  for  page  with  No.  2  but  pp.  15-18  in  this 
edition  contains  two  less  lines  to  a  page,  and  on  p.  19,  of  course,  four  more 
lines. 

Elwin  and  Courthope  are  mistaken  in  saying  that  the  address  "To  the 
Reader"  is  not  in  the  octavo.  It  is  in  the  present  copy,  sig.  A2,  included  in 
the  pagination  as  pp.  [4,  5]. 

There  are  no  headlines,  the  page-numbers  are  in  parentheses  and  the 
stanzas  are  not  spaced. 

4.  An  Essay  on  Man.     Address'd  to  a  Friend.     Part  I.     The  Second  Edi- 

tion. Dublin :  Printed  by  S.  Po-mell,  For  George  Risk  at  the  Shakespear's 
Head,  George  Ewing  at  the  Angel  and  Bible,  and  William  Smith  at 
the  Hercules,  Booksellers  in  Dame-street.  M.  DCC.  XXXIV.  Small 
8vo,  calf,  with  other  pieces  bound  in. 

*  This  edition  also  consists  of  ten  leaves,  sigs.  A  and  B,  each  4  leaves  and 
C,  2  leaves.  It  is  page  for  page  throughout  with  No.  2,  but  the  error  in  line 
numbering  is  corrected.     The  text  is  the  same  as  Nos.  1,  2  and  3. 

5.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  1.     Corrected  by 

the  Author.    London :  Printed  for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de- 
luces,   behind   the   Chapter-house,   St.   Pauls.      (Price    One    Shilling.) 
Folio,  bound  with  Epistles  II,  III  and  IV. 
*This  edition  consists  of  eleven  leaves,  signatures  A.  a,  B,  C,  D  and  E, 
each  2  leaves  and  one  leaf  without  signature  mark.     The  "To  the  Reader" 
which  filled  two  pages  of  the  earlier  editions  has  been  suppressed.     Instead 
there  is  a  new  "To  the  Reader",  seven  lines  only,  on  p.  [3].    The  "Contents" 
of  Epistles  I,  II  and  III  fill  pp.   [4-6]   and  the  text,  pp.   [7] -17  with  page 

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numbers  in  the  center  and  enclosed  in  square  brackets.  This  shows  that  it 
was  not  published  until  after  the  next  two  Epistles  were  ready.  "To  the 
Reader"  and  Contents,"  forming  signature  a  are  inserted  within  signature 
A.  A  few  slight  changes  were  made  in  the  text,  but  the  number  of  lines 
remain  the  same. 

6.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  I.     Corrected  by 

the  Author.  The  Second  Edition.  London :  Printed  for  J.  Wilford, 
at  the  Three  Flower-de-Luces,  behind  the  Chapter-house,  St.  Paul's, 
MDCCXXXV.  (Price  One  Shilling.)  Folio,  uncut,  bound  with 
Epistles  II,  III  and  IV. 

*  This  edition  also  contains  eleven  leaves,  and  is  page  for  page  with  the 
preceding.  It  has,  however,  been  reset  entirely  with  different  ornaments. 
It  consists  of  signatures  A,  B,  C,  D  and  E,  each  2  leaves,  and  one  leaf 
without  signature  mark.     The  page  numbers  are  enclosed  in  parentheses. 

7.  An   Essay  on  Man.     In   Epistles   to   a   Friend.     Epistle   II.     London: 

Printed  for  J.    Wilford,   at   the   Three   Flower-de-Luces,    behind   the 

Chapter-house,  St.  Paul's.     (Price  One  Shilling.)     Folio,  three  copies, 

bound  with  Nos.  1,  2  and  5. 

*The  first  edition  of  the  second  Epistle.     It  consists  of  ten  leaves  (1  leaf 

without  signature  mark,  and  sigs.  A,  B,  C  and  D,  each  2  leaves,  and  E,  1 

leaf)  made  up  of  half-title,  title  and  "To  the  Reader"  each  1  leaf  and  text 

pp.  [5] -18.     The  half-title  is  probably  actually  E2,  folded  around  to  form  a 

cover.     It  is  lacking  in  two  of  these  copies. 

8.  An  Essay   on   Man.     In   Epistles  to  a   Friend.     Epistle   II.     London: 

Printed  for  J.    Wilford,   at   the    Three   Flower-de-Luces,   behind   the 
Chapter-house,  St.  Paul's.     (Price  One  Shilling).    Folio,  uncut,  bound 
with  No.  6. 
*This  is  the  second  edition,  with  the  same  collation  as  the  first  but  en- 
tirely reset,  with  different  ornaments.     Pp.  13  and  14  of  this  edition  contain 
22  instead  of  20  lines.    This  error  is  corrected  on  pp.  15  and  16.     Otherwise 
the  two  editions  are  page  for  page.     The  most  notable  difference  in  the  two 
editions  is  that  in  this  second  edition  the  lines  are  unnumbered.     They  are 
numbered    in    the    earlier    edition,    though    lines    250-270   are    mis-numbered 
150-170.     One  copy  of  this  edition  is  known  in  which  line  175  is  numbered. 
This  is  sufficient  proof  that  the  edition  with  numbered  lines  is  the  first. 

9.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In   Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  IL     London: 

Printed  for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de-luces,  behind  the 
Chapter-house,  St.  Paul's.     MDCCXXXIII.    8vo,  with  No.  5. 

*  This  was  apparently  printed  from  No.  7.  It  consists  of  signatures  D 
and  E,  each  4  leaves.  The  title  is  p.  [21];  there  is  no  "'To  the  Reader;" 
text  is  pp.  [23] -36.  Though  signatured  and  paged  continuously  with  No.  5 
it  was  very  likely  issued  separately. 

10.  An  Essay  on  Man.    In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  II.    The  Second 

Edition.  Dublin:  Printed  by  S.  Powell,  For  George  Risk,  at  the 
Shakespear's  Head,  George  Ewing  at  the  Angel  and  Bible,  and  William 
Smith  at  the  Hercules,  Booksellers  in  Dame-street.  M.DCC.  XXXIV. 
Small  8vo,  bound  with  No.  4. 
♦This  consists  of  signatures  A  and  B,  each  4  leaves.  "To  the  Reader"  is 
on  reverse  of  the  title  and  the  text  fills  pp.   [3]-16. 


The  Works  of 


11.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  III.     London: 

Printed  for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de-Luces,  behind  the 
Chapter-House,  St.  Paul's.  (Price  One  Shilling.)  Folio,  three  copies, 
bound  with  Nos.  1,  2  and  5. 

*  The  first  edition  of  the  third  Epistle.  Ten  leaves,  consisting  of  half- 
title,  and  title,  each  1  leaf,  and  text,  pp.  [5] -20.  At  the  end  is  this  notice, 
in  two  lines :  "N.  B.  The  Rest  of  this  Work  will  be  published  the  next 
Winter." 

12.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  III.     London: 

Printed   for  J.    Wilford,   at   the   Three   Flower-de-Luces,    behind    the 

Chapter-House,  St.  Paul's.     (Price  One  Shilling).     Folio,  bound  with 

No.  6. 

*The  second  edition,  entirely  reset  but  differing  very  slightly  from   No. 

11.     Different  ornaments   are   used.     The  vignette  on  the  title   of   the   first 

edition  contains  in  the  center  an  open  book,  in  this  edition  a  spread  eagle. 

The  page  numbers  of  this  edition  are  in  a  larger  type  and  the  note  at  the 

end  is  in  a  single  line.     Errors  in  line  numbers  are  corrected.     Line  3  of 

p.  20  in  the  first  edition  is  numbered  320.     Here  line  5  of  the  same  page  is 

315. 

13.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  III.     London: 

Printed  for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Flower-de-luces,  behind  the 
Chapter-house,  St.  Paul's.     MDCCXXXIII.     8vo,   with   No.   5. 

*  This  was  intended  to  go  with  Nos.  5  and  9  but  was  probably  issued  sep- 
arately. It  consists  of  signatures  F  and  G,  each  4  leaves,  and  H,  2  leaves, 
made  up  of  title  and  text,  pp.  39-55.     The  lines  are  correctly  numbered. 

14.  An  Essay  on  Man.    In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.    Epistle  III.    The  Second 

Edition.  Dublin :  Printed  by  S.  Powell,  For  George  Risk  at  the 
Shakespear's  Head,  George  Ewing  at  the  Angel  and  Bible,  and  William 
Smith  at  the  Hercules,  Booksellers  in  Dame's-street.  M.DCC. XXXIII. 
Small  8vo,  bound  with  No.  4. 

*  Signatures  A  and  B,  each  4  leaves,  and  C,  2  leaves,  consisting  of  half- 
title  and  title,  each  1  leaf  and  text,  pp.  [5] -20.  As  it  contains  the  same 
errors  in  line  numbers  as  No.  12  we  may  presume  that  it  was  printed  from 
that. 

15.  An  Essay  on  Man.     In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.     Epistle  IV.     London: 

Printed  for  J.  Wilford,  at  the  Three  Floiver-de-Luces,  behind  the 
Chapter-House,  St.  Paul's.  (Price  One  Shilling).  Folio,  four  copies, 
bound  with  Nos.  1,  2,  5  and  6. 

*  First  edition  of  the  fourth  Epistle.  Twelve  leaves,  signatures  A,  B,  C, 
D,  E  and  F,  each  2  leaves,  made  up  of  title  and  contents,  each  1  leaf,  text, 
pp.  [1]-18  and  advertisement  "Lately  Published  the  three  former  Parts" 
etc.,  1  leaf. 

This  is  apparently  the  only  folio  edition  of  Epistle  IV. 

16.  An  Essay  on  Man.    In  Epistles  to  a  Friend.    Epistle  IV.    The  Second 

Edition.  Dublin:  Printed  by  S.  Pozvell,  For  George  Risk  at  the 
Shakespear's  Head,  George  Ezving  at  the  Angel  and  Bible,  and  William 

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Smith  at  the  Hercules,  Booksellers  in  Dame-street.  M.DCC.  XXXIV. 
Small  8vo,  bound  with  No.  4. 

*  Signatures  A,  B  and  C,  each  4  leaves,  consisting  of  title,  "Contents"  and 
text,  pp.  [5] -23.  On  p.  [24]  is  a  list  of  "Poems  Printed  for,  and  sold  by 
George  Risk,"  etc.  Errors  in  the  numbering  of  the  lines  in  the  folio  edition 
are  here  corrected. 

17.  An  Essay  on  Man,  Being  the  First  Book  of  Ethic  Epistles.    To  Henry 

St.  John,  L.  Bolingbroke.  London :  Printed  by  John  Wright,  for 
Lawton  Gilliver,  MDCCXXXIV.     4to,  unbound. 

*  The  first  edition  of  the  four  Epistles  in  one  volume,  with  continuous 
pagination.     The  text  is  considerably  revised. 

The  first  line  of  Epistle  I,  which  in  all  the  earlier  editions  reads 
"Awake !  my  Laelius,   leave  all  meaner  Things." 
here  has  the  name  "St.  John"  instead  of  "LaeliusJ'' 

Line  2  of  Epistle  II,  which  in  the  earlier  editions  was 
"The  only  Science  of   Mankind  is   Man." 
is  here  altered  to  the  final  form : 

"The  proper  study  of  mankind  is  Man." 

This  volume  consists  of  3  leaves  without  signature,  sigs.  A,  B,  C,  D,  E, 
F,  G,  H  and  I,  each  4  leaves,  and  K,  1  leaf.  It  is  from  the  same  forms  as 
the  "Essay  on  Man"  in  "The  Works  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope,  Containing 
his  Epistles  and  Satires,"  London,  1737,  perhaps  prepared  only  for  presenta- 
tion as  the  two  copies  in  this  collection,  both  on  thick  paper,  contain  inscrip- 
tions. Although  Mr.  Lefferts  has  never  seen  that  edition  of  the  "Works" 
except  on  thick  paper,  it  is  possible  that  the  present  copy  may  have  been 
extracted  from  such  a  volume. 

Pope's  Works.  Vol.  II,  London,  J.  Wright  for  Lawton  Gilliver,  1735,  has 
the  "Essay  on  Man"  with  title  dated  1734  and  with  separate  pagination  and 
signatures.  Though  from  the  same  types  there  are  more  lines  to  the  page 
and  some  of  the  vignettes  are  different. 

18.  An  Essay  on  Man:     Being  the  First  Book  of  Ethic  Epistles  to  H.  St. 

John  L.  Bolingbroke.  With  the  Commentary  and  Notes  of  W.  War- 
burton,  A.  M.  London,  Printed  by  W.  Bowyer  For  M.  Cooper  at  the 
Globe  in  Pater-nostcr-roiv,  MDCCXLIII.    4to,  bound  with  other  pieces. 

*  This  is  the  first  edition  with  Warburton's  commentary  and  the  last  which 
appeared  in  the  life-time  of  Pope. 

19.  An  Essay  on  Man:     By  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.     Enlarged  and  Improved 

by  the  Author.  With  Notes  by  William  Warburton,  M.  A.  London, 
Printed  for  John  and  Paul  Knapton  in  Ludgate-street.  MDCCXLV. 
(Price  Eighteen  Pence.)     Small  8vo,  old  mottled  calf. 

*  With  the  frontispiece,  said  to  have  been  "designed  and  drawn  by  Mr. 
Pope  himself."  Consists  of  pp.  i-xxviii  and  1-66,  including  "The  Universal 
Prayer." 

20.  An  Essay  on  Man.     By  Alexander  Pope  Esq.     Enlarged  and  Improved 

by  the  Author.     With  Notes  by  Mr.  Warburton.     London,  Printed  for 
John    and    Paul   Knapton     in    Ludgate-street.     MDCCXLVI.     (Price 
Eighteen-Pence.)      Small   8vo,   unbound. 
*A  reprint  of  No.  19,  but,  as  a  few  additional  notes  are  added,  the  text 
goes  on  to  p.  67.    On  the  reverse  is  a  page  of  advertisements. 


The  Works  of 


21.  An  Essay  on  Man.     By  Alexander  Pope  Esq.     Enlarged  and  Improved 

by  the  Author.  With  the  Commentary  and  Notes  of  Mr.  Warburton. 
London,  Printed  for  J.  and  P.  Knapton  in  Ludgate-street. 
MDCCXLVIII.      (Price  Eighteen   Pence.)      Small  8vo,  old  half  calf. 

*  Consists  of  frontispiece  and  pp.  i-vi  and  1-165,  followed  by  1  p.  of  ad- 
vertisements. The  commendatory  verses  and  Contents  are  omitted  from  this 
edition. 

22.  An  Essay  on  Man.     By  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.     Enlarged  and  Improved 

by  the  Author.  Together  with  his  MS.  Additions  and  Variations  as 
in  the  Last  Edition  of  his  Works.  With  the  Notes  of  William,  Lord 
Bishop  of  Gloucester.  London :  Printed  for  A.  Millar,  and  J.  and  R. 
Tonson,  in  the  Strand.    MDCCLXIII.     (Pr.   ls.6d.) 

*  Collation :  pp.  i-xvi,  and  1-124.  The  last  two  pages  contain  "The  Dying 
Christian   to   his    Soul." 

THE  DUNCIAD 

No  credence  can  be  given  to  Pope's  statement,  in  his  Preface 
of  1736  as  to  "the  five  first  imperfect  Editions  of  the  Dunciad, 
printed  at  Dublin  and  London  in  Octavo  and  Duod,  1727,"  although 
there  are  references  to  the  poem  in  the  letters  of  1727.  On  October 
22  of  that  year,  Pope  wrote  to  Swift:  "My  poem,  (which  it  grieves 
me  that  I  dare  not  send  you  a  copy  of  for  fear  of  the  Curlls  and 
Dennises  of  Ireland,  and  still  more  for  fear  of  the  worst  of  traitors, 
our  friends  and  admirers),  my  poem  I  say,  will  show  you  what  a 
distinguished  age  we  live  in."  In  January,  1728,  he  again  wrote 
to  Swift:  "It  grieves  me  to  the  soul,  that  I  cannot  send  you  my 
chef-d'oeuvre  the  poem  on  'Dulness,'  which  after  I  am  dead  and  gone 
will  be  printed  with  a  large  commentary,  and  lettered  on  the  back, 
'Pope's  Dulness'."  On  March  28  he  wrote  that  his  "Dulness"  was 
to  be  called  "by  a  more  pompous  name,  the  'Dunciad'." 

When  published  two  months  later  (on  May  28,  1728)  it  ap- 
peared anonymously,  without  the  promised  inscription  to  Swift,  and 
with  the  false  imprint  "Dublin,  Printed.  London  Reprinted  for  A. 
Dodd.     1728." 

The  first  published  Bibliography  of  "The  Dunciad"  by  Mr. 
W;  J.  Thoms,  appeared  in  "Notes  and  Queries"  Nos.  268-270. 
This  was  reprinted  with  some  additions  by  Colonel  Francis  Grant, 
in  Vol.  IV  of  Elwin  and  Courthope's  edition  of  Pope's  Works,  and 
while  this  is,  up  to  the  present,  the  best  presentation  of  the  subject 
in  print,  it  is  very  imperfect.  Twenty-six  editions  and  variations, 
including  at  least  six  not  known  to  Thoms  are  in  the  present  set. 

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1.  The   Dunciad.    An   Heroic   Poem.     In   Three   Books.    Dublin,  Printed, 

London,  Reprinted  for  A.  Dodd.     172S.     Small  8vo,  olive  levant  mo- 
rocco, tooled  and  inlaid.     With  the  Owl  frontispiece   (Variety  No.  1). 

*  The  first  edition,  and  one  of  the  rarest  and  most  valuable  of  Eighteenth 
Century  books.  This  is  Thoms'  "B."  His  "A,"  Mr.  Lefferts  has  concluded, 
does  not  exist.  It  is  described  as  a  "12mo"  and  "B"  as  an  8vo.  The  book 
was  printed  with  wide  margins,  and  a  cut  down  copy  might  well  be  described 
as  a  12mo.  As  a  matter  of  fact  the  signatures  are  in  fours  and  the  book 
might  even  be  described  as  a  4to. 

It  was  printed,  as  were  many  of  the  other  editions  with  signatures  in  fours, 
on  half  sheets.  Owing,  probably  to  the  small  size  of  the  press  used,  it 
was  necessary  to  cut  the  sheets  of  paper  into  two  parts,  printing  each  half 
separately.  The  books  so  printed  are  octavo  in  form,  though  with  signatures 
in  fours. 

The  distinguishing  mark  of  the  first  edition  is  the  misprint  of  the  first  word 
in  the  first  line 

"Book  and  the  man  I  sing" 
instead  of  "Books  and  the  man  I  sing." 

There  is  another  edition  (the  second,  Thorns'  "C"),  printed  from  the  same 
setting  of  type  as  this  but  with  this  and  a  few  other  errors  corrected.  The 
forms  have  been  rearranged  to  print  as  a  12mo,  the  signatures  being  in  sixes. 
At  the  end  (p.  [52])  is  an  advertisement  of  "The  Progress  of  Dulness." 
This  edition  we  may  call  lA. 

2.  The   Dunciad.    An   Heroic   Poem.     In   Three  Books.    Dublin,  Printed, 

London  Reprinted  for  A.  Dodd.     1728.     Small   12mo,  green  morocco, 
gilt  top.     With  the  Owl  frontispiece  (Variety  No.  2). 

*  An  edition  unknown  to  Thoms  or  Grant. 

As  this  edition  has  been  called,  by  some,  the  actual  first  edition,  it  may  be 
described  more  fully  and  the  variations  between  it  and  the  earlier  issues 
pointed  out. 

Though  the  text  is  page  for  page  with  the  two  preceding  issues  the  book 
was  printed  from  an  entirely  different  setting  of  types,  with  different  orna- 
ments. From  the  very  profuse  and  often  incorrect  use  of  capital  letters  it 
seems  also  most  probable  that  the  work  was  done  at  a  different  printing  office. 
The  Preface  is  not  even  a  paginary  reprint,  the  lines  being  spaced  so  that 
p.  viii  contains  twenty-two  lines  instead  of  fifteen  as  in  No.  1  and  No.  lA. 
The  Owl  frontispiece,  though  copied  from  that  of  the  earlier  edition  is  print- 
ed from  an  entirely  different  plate.  The  last  page  contains  the  advertisement 
of  "The  Progress  of  Dulness." 

On  May  18,  1728,  an  advertisement  appeared  in  the  Daily  Journal,  "This 
day  is  published  the  Dunciad  an  Heroic  Poem  in  Three  Books.  Dublin 
Printed,  London  Reprinted  for  A.  Dodd,  1728,"  and  on  May  29  was  adver- 
tised "A  Complete  Key  to  the  Dunciad  with  a  character  of  Mr.  Pope  and  his 
profane  writings  by  Sir  Richard  Blackmore  Knight,  M.  D.  printed  for  A. 
Dodd  without  Temple  Bar  and  Sold  by  E.  Curll  in  the  Strand." 

This  first  edition  of  the  "Key"  (see  p.  43)  was  written  subsequent  to  the 
edition  of  the  "Dunciad"  having  "Second  Edition"  on  the  title-page  (our 
No.  3)  as  is  shown  by  the  notice  "An  Alteration,  viz."  on  p.  22. 

The  first  edition  of  the  "Key"  has  on  p.  8,  a  reference  to  line  76  of  the 
poem:  ''For  Glad  Chains  —  read  —  Gold  Chains."  This  is  not  an  error  "Glad 
Chains"  being  correct.  Nevertheless  "Gold  Chains"  appeared  in  this  edition 
of  "The  Dunciad."  From  this,  and  for  other  reasons,  Mr.  Lefferts  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  this  was  probably  a  pirated  edition  and  perhaps  brought 
out  by  Curll  himself. 

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3.  The  Dunciad.     An  Heroic  Poem.     In  Three  Books.    The  Second  Edi- 

tion. Dublin,  Printed;  London,  Reprinted  for  A.  Dodd.  1728.  Small 
12mo,  unbound,  uncut.     With  the  Owl  Frontispiece   (Variety  No.   1). 

*  Thoms'  "D."  Apparently  from  the  same  types  as  No.  1,  but,  in  part  at 
least  a  new  setting.  Notes  were  added  on  pp.  5,  7  and  22.  Mr.  Lefferts 
notes  that  some  copies  have  "Dudhn"  for  "Dublin"  in  the  imprint. 

4.  The  Dunciad.    An  Heroic   Poem.    In  Three   Books.    The  Third   Edi- 

tion. Dublin,  Printed;  London,  Reprinted  for  A.  Dodd.  1728.  Small 
12mo,  unbound,  uncut.     With  the  Owl  Frontispiece   (Variety  No.   1). 

*  An  undescribed  edition,  coming  between  Thoms'  "D"  and  Colonel  Grant's 
"D2".  Except  for  different  tailpieces,  Books  I  and  II  agree  very  closely 
typographically  with  No.  3,  being  without  the  changes  and  corrections  found 
in  the  next.     Book  III  agrees  exactly,  apparently,  with  No.  5. 

5.  The   Dunciad.     An   Heroic   Poem.     In   Three   Books.     The  Third   Edi- 

tion. Dublin,  Printed;  London,  Reprinted  for  A.  Dodd.  1728.  Small 
12mo,  old  half  vellum.     With  the  Owl  frontispiece    (Variety  No.   1). 

*  Unknown  to  Thoms,  but  added  to  his  list  by  Col.  Grant,  who  designates 
it  as  D2.  In  this  edition  some  names  are  given  in  full  which  had  previously 
been  indicated  by  initials  only  or  by  asterisks  or  dashes.  For  example.  Book 
II,  line  310,  "Sh — "  changed  to  "Shadwell" ;  line  353,  "T — d"  changed  to 
"Toland";  line  364,  "C — re"  changed  to  "Centlivre,"  etc. 

6.  The  Dunciad,  Variorum.     With  the  Prolegomena  of  Scriblerus.     Lon- 

don, Printed  for  A.  Dod.  1729.  4to,  original  paper  cover,  uncut. 
With  vignette  on  title  of  the  Ass   (Variety  No.  1). 

*  Thorns'  "F"  and  by  him  called  the  "first  complete  edition."  It  is  the 
first  in  which  Pope  acknowledged  the  authorship  of  the  work,  and  contains 
much  material  here  first  printed.     It  is  one  of  the  most  common  editions. 

7.  The  Dunciad,  Variorum.    With  the  Prolegomena  of  Scriblerus.    Lon- 

don. Printed  for  A.  Dob.  1729.  8vo,  old  sheep.  With  vignette  of 
the  Ass.     (Variety  No.  2)  on  title. 

*  Thoms'  "G".  The  first  octavo  variorum  edition.  At  the  end  is  a  leaf 
not  in  all  copies  "Addenda  to  the  Octavo  Edition  of  the  Dunciad,  printed  for 
A.  Dob  (Price  Two  Shillings)  which  have  been  publish'd  in  the  News- 
Papers  as  Defects  and  Errors,  but  were  really  wanting  in  the  Quarto  Edition 
it  self,  and  have  only  been  added  to  another  Edition  in  Octavo,  printed  for 
Gilliver,  for  which  he  charges  the  Publick  Three  ShiUings." 

8.  The  Dunciad,  Variorum.     With  the  Prolegomena  of   Scriblerus.     Lon- 

don :  Printed  and  Re-printed,  for  the  Booksellers  in  Dublin, 
MDCCXXIX.  Small  8vo,  old  sheep.  With  vignette  of  the  Ass  (Vari- 
ety No.  3)  on  engraved  title. 

*  Col.  Grant's  "G3."  Following  the  engraved  title  is  a  printed  title,  pasted 
on  a  stub.  This  was  not  inserted  in  all  copies.  Another  copy,  without  it, 
but  as  published,  is  included  in  the  set. 

9.  The  Dunciad.     With   Notes  Variorum,  and  the  Prolegomena  of   Scrib- 

lerus. London:  Printed  for  Lazvton  Gilliver  at  Homer's  Head,  against 
St.  Dunstan's  Church,  Fleetstreet,   1729.     Small  8vo,  calf.    With   the 

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Ass  engraving  (Variety  No.  1)  facing  title  and  the  Owl  (Variety  No. 
3)   facing  p.  87. 

*  Thorns'  "H."  This  is  the  earliest  edition  with  Gilliver's  name  in  the 
imprint. 

10.  The  Dunciad.    With  Notes  Variorum,  and  the  Prolegomena  of  Scrib- 

lerus.  The  Second  Edition,  with  some  Additional  Notes.  London : 
Printed  for  Lawton  Gilliver,  at  Homer's  Head,  against  St.  Duns  tan's 
Church,  Fleetstreet,  1729.  8vo,  old  calf.  With  the  Ass  frontispiece 
(Variety  No.   1). 

*  Thorns'  "K."  Title  printed  in  red  and  black.  This  copv  has  the  genuine 
leaf  P3   (pp.  109-110). 

11.  Another  copy.    8vo,  calf.    With  the  reprinted  leaf  P3,  pasted  in  on 

the  stub  of  the  other  which  was  cut  out.  All  copies  which  Mr. 
Lefferts  has  been  able  to  examine  contain  the  substituted  leaves  for 
D3  and  E2. 

12.  The  Works  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope.    Vol.  II.    London:  Printed  by 

J.  Wright,  for  Lawton  Gilliver  ....   1735.     Folio. 

*  The  Dunciad,  signatures  B  to  S,  pp.  1-49,  is  included  in  this  volume.  It 
is  Gol.  Grant's  K2. 

13.  The  Dunciad.     With  Notes  Variorum,  and  the  Prolegomena  of  Scrib- 

lerus.  Written  in  the  Year,  1727.  London:  Printed  for  Lawton 
Gilliver  in  Fleetstreet.  Small  8vo,  old  calf.  With  the  Owl  frontis- 
piece  (Variety  No.  3). 

*  Thoms'  "L,"  who,  however,  wrongly  describes  it  as  a  12mo.  It  is  printed 
in  eights. 

14.  Another  copy  of  the  same  edition,  but  with  the  Ass  frontispiece  (Vari- 

ety No.  1). 

15.  The  Dunciad.    An  Heroic  Poem.    To  Dr.  Jonathan  Swift.    With  the 

Prolegomena  of  Scriblerus,  and  Notes  Variorum.  London :  Printed 
for  Lawton  Gilliver,  in  Fleetstreet.  1736.  Small  8vo,  old  sheep.  With 
the  Owl  frontispiece   (Variety  No.  2). 

*  This  is  Thoms'  "M."  It  is  identical,  except  for  the  title  with  his  "L." 
This  copy  has  both  titles,  the  printer  having  neglected  to  cancel  the  one 
without  date. 

16.  Another  copy  of  the  same   (but  with   1736  title  only)   with  the  Ass 

frontispiece. 

17.  The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq;  Vol.  IV.     Containing  the  Dun- 

ciad, with  the  Prolegomena  of  Scriblerus,  and  Notes  Variorum.  Lon- 
don :  Printed  for  L.  Gilliver,  and  J.  Clarke,  at  Homer's  Head  against 
St.  Dunstan's  Church  in  Fleetstreet,  MDCCXXXVI.  Small  8vo,  old 
calf.    Without    frontispiece. 

*  Thoms'  "N,"  wrongly  described  by  him  as  a  12mo. 

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18.  The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq;  Vol.  III.     Part  II.     Containing 

the  Dunciad,  and   Notes  of   Scriblcrus.     London:   Printed  for  Henry 
Lintot.     1741.     Small  8vo,  blue  morocco. 
*This  is  a  literal  reprint  of  the  1736  edition  except  that  in  Book  II,  lines 
159,  etc.,  Osborne's  name  is  substituted  for  that  of  Chapman. 

19.  The  New  Dunciad:  As  it  was  Found  In  the  Year  1741.    With  the  Il- 

lustrations of  Scriblerus,  and  Notes  Variorum.  London:  Printed  for 
T.  Cooper  at  the  Globe  in  Pater-noster  Row.  MDCCXLII.  (Price 
Is,  and  6d.)     4to,  mottled  calf. 

*  This  is  the  first  edition  of  the  Fourth  Book  and  is  Thorns'  "O."  It  has  an 
engraved  headpiece  and  ornamental  initial  on  p.  1  and  contains  39  pages  of 
text. 

20.  The  New  Dunciad:     As  it  was  found  in  the  Year  MDCCXLI.    With 

Illustrations  of  Scriblerus,  and  Notes  Variorum.  London,  Printed 
for  T.  Cooper  at  the  Globe  in  Pater-noster  Row.  MDCCXLII. 
Price  Is  and  6d.)     4to,  boards,  uncut. 

*  Thorns'  "P."  Without  headpiece  or  engraved  initial  on  p.  1 ;  text  filling 
44  pp. 

21.  The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.    Vol.   III.     Part   I.    Contain- 

ing the  Dunciad  and  Notes  of  Scriblerus.  London:  Printed  for 
Henry  Lintot.     1742.     Small  8vo,  old  calf. 

*  A  title  edition  only.     Not  seen  by  Thorns. 

22.  The  Works  of   Alexander  Pope   Esq;  Vol.   III.     Part  I.     Contain- 

ing the  Dunciad.  Now^  first  published  according  to  the  Complete 
Copy  found  in  the  Year  MDCCXLI.  London,  Printed  for  R.  Dodsley, 
and  Sold  by   T.  Cooper.     1743.     Small  8vo,   old  calf. 

23.  The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq;  Vol.   III.     Part  II.     Contain. 

ing  the  Dunciad,  Book  IV.  and  the  Memoirs  of  Scriblerus.  Never 
before  Printed.  London:  Printed  for  R.  Dodsley,  and  Sold  by  T. 
Cooper,    MDCCXLII. 

*  This  and  the  preceding  form  Thorns'  "Q."  It  is  the  first  complete  edition 
of  the  four  lx)oks.  There  is  a  leaf  at  the  end  of  the  first  volume  headed 
"By  Authority,"  with  text  as  follows : 

"By  virtue  of  the  Authority  in  Us  vested,  by  the  Act  for  subjecting  Poets 
to  the  power  of  a  Licencer,  we  have  revised  this  Piece ;  where  finding  the 
style  and  appellation  of  King  to  have  been  given  to  a  certain  Pretender, 
Pseudo-Poet,  or  Phantom,  of  the  name  of  Tibbald;  and  apprehending  the 
same  may  be  deemed  in  some  sort  a  Reflection  on  Majesty,  or  at  least  an 
insult  on  that  Legal  Authority  which  has  bestowed  on  another  person  the 
Crown  of  Poesy :  We  have  ordered  the  said  Pretender,  Pseudo-Poet,  or 
Phantom,  utterly  to  vanish  and  evaporate  out  of  this  work :"  etc. 

And  throughout  Cibber  is  enthroned  as  King  instead  of  Theobald. 

24.  The    Works    of    Alexander    Pope,    Esq;    Vol.    III.      Part    II.      [As 

No.   23]     MDCCXLII.     Small  Svo,  old   calf. 

*  Mainly   the   sheets   of    the  preceding   number   but   with    many    reprinted 

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leaves,  among  them  B2,  B4,  D,  D2,  and  F2.  There  are  four  new  pages  F4 
(blank  in  No.  23)  and  G,  containing  additional  lines,  and  an  entire  new 
Appendix  G — 16  pp.  75-113  which,  though  bound  at  the  end  should  follow 
the  "Dunciad." 

25.  The    Dunciad,    in    Four    Books.      Printed    according    to    the    complete 

Copy  found  in  the  Year  1742.  With  the  Prolegomena  of  Scriblerus 
and  Notes  Variorum.  To  which  are  added,  Several  Notes  now  first 
publish'd,  the  Hypercritics  of  Aristarchus,  and  his  Dissertation  on 
the  Hero  of  the  Poem.  [Quotation,  2  lines.]  London,  Printed  for 
M.  Cooper  at  the  Globe  in  Pater-noster-row,  MDCCXLIH.  4to, 
original  marbled  paper  cover,  uncut. 

*  This,  the  first  edition  having  the  four  Books  in  one  volume  is  Thoms' 
"R."  The  "Advertisement  to  the  Reader"  is  signed  "W.  W[arburton]." 
There  are  changes  in  the  arrangement  of  the  various  sections  and  also 
slight  changes  in   the  text. 

26.  The  Dunciad,  Complete,  in  Four  Books,  According  to  Mr.  Pope's  last 

Improvements.  With  Several  Additions  now  first  printed,  and  the 
Dissertations  on  the  Poem  and  the  Hero,  and  Notes  Variorum.  Pub- 
lished by  Mr.  Warburton.  London,  Printed  for  J.  and  P.  Knapton  in 
Ludgate-Street.  MDCCXLIX.  Small  8vo,  old  calf.  With  a  frontis- 
piece engraved  by  N.   Blakey. 

*  This  is  Thoms'  "S."  The  "Advertisement"  says  that  it  is  published  "to 
prevent  surreptitious  and  pirated  Editions,  to  the  injury  both  of  the  Pro- 
prietor and  the  Purchaser." 

AN  ESSAY  ON  CRITICISM 

Pope  as  usual  made  various  statements,  some  of  them  certainly 
false,  about  the  date  of  writing  of  the  "Essay  on  Criticism."  In 
the  "Works"  of  1717  he  says  of  it  "Written  in  the  Year  1709,"  and 
this  is  more  probable  than  his  later  statement  that  it  was  written 
in  1707. 

1.  An   Essay   on  Criticism.     [Quotation,  2  lines].     London:   Printed  for 

IV.  Lewis  in  Russel-Street,  Covent-Garden;  And  Sold  by  W.  Taylor 
at  the  Ship  in  Pater-N oster-Row,  T.  Osborn  in  Grays-Inn  near  the 
Walks,  and  F.  Graves  in  St.  James's-Street.  MDCCXL  Small  4to, 
half  morocco. 

*  First  edition.  A-F2  in  fours.  Pp.  [l]-43.  When  originally  issued  a 
half-sheet  was  folded  around  the  whole  as  a  cover.  It  had  on  p.  [1]  "An 
Essay  on  Criticism"  in  large  letters  and  on  the  last  leaf  a  list  of  "Books 
lately   Publish'd."     These  leaves  were   evidently  thrown  away  in  binding. 

2.  An  Essay  on  Criticism.    Written  by  Mr.  Pope.     [Quotation,  2  lines]. 

The  Third  Edition.  London:  Printed  for  W.  Lezms  in  Russel-Street 
Covent-Garden.     MDCCXIII.     Small   8vo,    unbound. 

*  A,  8  leaves,  B,  4  leaves,  and  C,  6  leaves.  Pp.  1-35.  The  second  edition 
is  also  dated  1713. 

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3.  An  Essay  on  Criticism.     [As  No.  2].    The  Fourth  Edition.     [As  No. 

2].     Small  8vo,  unbound. 

*  The  poem  was  included  by  Lintot  in  the  second  edition  of  his  "Mis- 
cellaneous Poems  and  Translations,"  1714,  (see  p.  29),  and  this  was  probably 
considered  by  him  the  fifth  edition. 

4.  An  Essay  on  Criticism.     Written  by  Mr.   Pope.     [Quotation,  2  lines]. 

The    Sixth    Edition,    Corrected.     London :    Printed   for   Bernard   Lin- 
tot,   at    the    Cross-Keys    hetmeen    the    Temple-Gates    in    Fleet-Street. 
MDCCXIX.    8vo,   unbound. 
*A,   B,  C,  each  8  leaves.     Pp.   1-48.     The   frontispiece  by  Gribelin  is  A, 
and  is  included  in  the  pagination.     Some  lines  are  altered  in  this  edition. 

5.  An  Essay  on   Criticism.    Written  by  Mr.   Pope.     [Quotation,  2  lines]. 

The  Seventh  Edition,  Corrected.  London :  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot, 
at  the  Cross-Keys  between  the  Temple  Gates  in  Fleetstreet.  1722. 
Bvo,  unbound. 

*  A  page  for  page  reprint  of  No.  4  but  a  different  setting  and  with  different 
ornaments. 

6.  An  Essay  on  Criticism.    By  Alexander  Pope,  Esq;  With  Notes  by  Mr. 

Warburton.  [Quotation,  2  lines].  London:  Printed  for  Henry  Lintot. 
MDCCXLIX.     (Price  One  Shilling.)     Small  8vo,  sewed,  uncut. 

*  Title,  1  leaf,  sigs.  A,  B,  C,  D  and  E,  each  8  leaves,  F,  4  leaves,  and  G, 
1  leaf. 

The  poem  was  included  in  the  "Works,"  of  1717,  as  well  as  in  Lintot's  Mis- 
cellanies of  1714,  1720,  1722  and  1732  and  in  Curll's  volume,  "The  Altar  of 
Love,"  1727. 

It  is  also  found  bound  in  with  the  "Essay  on  Man,"  1743,  with  separate 
signatures  and  pagination,  and  with  undated  title  "An  Essay  on  Criticism. 
Written  in  the  Year  MDCCIX.  With  the  Commentary  and  Notes  of  W. 
Warburton,  A.  M."     This  is  probably  the  first  edition  with  Warburton's  notes. 

THE  RAPE  OF  THE  LOCK 

Written,  as  Pope  himself  says,  "in  less  than  a  fortnig-ht's  time," 
"The  Rape  of  the  Lock"  was  first  printed  in  the  "Miscellany,"  first 
described.  The  next  year  it  was  rewritten  and  enlarged  and  pub- 
lished separately  in  March,  1714.  On  the  12th  of  that  month  Pope 
wrote  that  it  had  "sold  to  the  number  of  three  thousand,  and  is 
already  reprinted." 

1.  Miscellaneous  Poems  and  Translations.  By  Several  Hands.  [Quota- 
tion, 2  lines.]  London:  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintotf  at  the  Cross- 
Keys  betzveen  the  Two  Temple  Gates  in  Fleetstreet.  1712.  8vo,  orig- 
inal sheep. 

*  "The  Rape  of  the  Lock"  as  first  printed  fills  pp.  353-376.  with  separate 
title-page:  "The  Rape  of  the  Locke.  An  Heroi-Comical  Poem.  [Quota- 
tion, 2  lines.]     Printed  for  Bernard  Lintott.     1712." 

This  is  here  described,  as  it  is  the  first  edition  of  one  of  Pope's  most 
noted  poems.  "The  Rape  of  the  Lock"  was  included  in  other  editions 
of  the  "Miscellany"  for  which  see  pp.  28-32. 

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2.  The  Rape  of  the  Lock.     An  Heroi-comical  Poem.     In  Five  Canto's. 

Written  by  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation,  1  line.]  London:  Printed  for 
Bernard  Lintott,  at  the  Cross-Keys  in  Pleetstreet.  1714.  8vo,  un- 
bound. 

*  The  very  rare  first  edition  of  the  completed  poem.  Consists  of  sig. 
A,  4  leaves,  and  B,  C  and  D,  each  8  leaves,  with  six  plates,  separately 
printed,  facing  title  and  pp.  1,  10,  19,  30  and  41. 

3.  The  Rape  of  the  Lock.     An  Heroi-comical  Poem.     In  Five  Canto's. 

Written  by  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation,  1  line.]  The  Second  Edition. 
London:  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintott  at  the  Cross-Keys  in  Fleet-street. 
1714.     Bvo,  sewed,  uncut. 

*  The  collation  is  the  same  as  the  first  edition  but  a  different  setting 
of  types,  with  different  ornaments. 

4.  The  Rape  of  the  Lock.     An  Heroi-comical  Poem.     In  Five  Canto's. 

Written  by  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation,  1  line.]  The  Third  Edition. 
London:  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintott,  at  the  Cross-Keys,  between  the 
two  Temple  Gates  in  Pleetstreet.     1714. 

*  A,  B,  C  and  D.  each  8  leaves.  The  printer  has  economized  by  print- 
ing the  plates  with  the  te.xt  and  they  are  included  in  the  signatures.  The 
last  leaf  is  "Books  printed  for  Bernard  Lintott."  A  new  set  of  orna- 
ments have  been  used  throughout. 

5.  The  Rape  of  the  Lock.     [As  No.  4]  The  Fourth  Edition  Corrected. 

[As   No.  4]    1715.     Svo,  unbound. 

*  Collation  the  same  as  No.  4  but  a  new  setting  and  with  still  different 
ornaments. 

6.  The  Rape  of  the  Lock:     An  Heroi-comical  Poem.  In  Five  Canto's. 

Written   by  Mr.  Pope.      [Quotation,  2  lines.]     The   Fifth   Edition 
Corrected.     London :  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot  at  the  Cross-Keys, 
between  the   Temple-Gates  in  Pleetstreet.     MDCCXVIII.     Svo,   un- 
bound. 
*A-D,  in  8s,   as  the  earlier  editions,  but,  as  thirty  new  lines  have  been 

added  in  Canto  V  the  text  extends  on  to  p.  53  and  there  is  one  page  only 

of  "Books." 

7.  The  Rape  of  the  Lock:     [As  No.  6].    The   Sixth   Edition  Corrected. 

[As  No.  6].    MDCCXXIII. 
♦Collation  same  as  No.  6  but  a  new  setting  with  different  ornaments. 
"The  Rape  of  the  Lock"  was  collected  in  the  "Works,"  1717. 

A  KEY  TO  THE  LOCK 

1.  A  Key  to  the  Lock.  Or,  A  Treatise  proving,  beyond  all  Contradiction, 
the  dangerous  Tendency  of  a  late  Poem,  entituled.  The  Rape  of  the 
Lock,  To  Government  and  Religion.  By  Esdras  Barnivelt,  Apoth. 
London:  Printed  for  J.  Roberts  near  the  Oxford  Arms  in  Warwick- 
lane.     1715.    8vo,  unbound. 

*  In  prose.  Written  by  Pope.  This  is  undoubtedly  the  first  edition.  A-D 
each  4  leaves. 

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2.  A  Key  to  the  Lock.     [As  No.  1].    The  Third  Edition.    To  which  are 

added  commendatory  Copies  of  Verses,  by  the  most  Eminent  Political 
Wits  of  the  Age.     [As  No.  1].    1718. 

*  The  same  number  of  leaves  as  No.  1,  but  as  it  is  printed  in  smaller  type 
space  is  allowed  for  the  additional  matter  which  fills  pp.  5-8. 

3.  A  Key  to  the  Lock:     [As  No.  1].    The  Fourth  Edition.    To  which  are 

added,  Commendatory  Copies  of  Verses,  by  the  most  Eminent  Political 
Wits  of  the  Age.    Printed  in  the  Year  1723.     8vo,  unbound. 

*  Printed  as  an  Bvo.    A  and  B,  each  8  leaves. 

ODE  FOR  MUSIC 

1.  Ode  for  Musick.    London :     Printed  for  Bernard  Lintott,  at  the  Cross- 

Keys  in  Flcefstreet.     1713.     Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition.  A,  1  leaf,  B  and  C,  each  2  leaves,  consisting  of  title  (verso 
blank)  and  text,  pp.  1-8. 

2.  Ode   for   Musick  on   St.   Cecilia's  Day.    Written   by   Mr.   Pope.    The 

Third  Edition.  London:   Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot,  at   the   Cross- 
Keys   between  the    Temple-Gates   in   Fleet-Street.    MDCCXIX.    8vo, 
unbound. 
*8  leaves,  without  signature  marks.     The  first  leaf  is  a  frontispiece,  the 
second  the  title-page.  The  text    fills  p.  3-12  and  the  last  leaf  contains  adver- 
tisements.    A  few  lines  in  stanza  II  have  been  altered  from  the  first  edi- 
tion. 

3.  Ode  for  Musick.     [As  No.  2].    The  Fourth  Edition.     [As  No.  2].     1722. 

8vo,  unbound. 

*  Page  for  page  with  the  preceding  but  a  different  setting  and,  as  p.  3 
has  the  signature  mark  D3  it  is  probably  part  of  another  book.  There  is  no 
leaf  of  advertisement. 


WINDSOR-FOREST 

1.  Windsor-Forest.     To   the   Right    Honourable    George   Lord   Lansdown. 

By  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation  from  Virgil,  3  lines].  London:  Printed 
for  Bernard  Lintott  at  the  Cross-Keys  in  Fleet-street.  1713.  Folio, 
unbound. 

*  The  very  rare  first  edition.     A-E,  each  2  leaves,  consisting  of  title,  verso 
blank  and  text  pp.  1-18. 

2.  Windsor-Forest.     [As  No.  1].     The  Second  Edition.     [As  No.  1].     1713. 

Folio,  unbound. 

3.  Windsor-Forest.     [As   No.  1].     The  Fourth  Edition.     London:  Printed 

for  Bernard  Lintot  at  the  Cross  Keys  betzveen  the  Temple-Gates  in 
Fleetstreet.     1720.     8vo,  unbound. 

*  A-D,  each  8  leaves.    Al  is  the  frontispiece;  "Windsor-Forest"  fills  pp. 

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5-33  (numbered  19)  ;    "Messiah,"  "Pastorals,"  etc.,  fill  pp.  34-58  and  at  the 
end  are  3  leaves  of  "Books  printed  for  Bernard  Lintot." 

The  poem  was  included  in  the  "Works"  of  1717  and  in  various  editions  of 
Lintot's  "Miscellany,"  also  in  the  volume  printed  by  Curll,  "The  Altar  of 
Love,"  1727. 

THE  TEMPLE  OF  FAME 

1.  The  Temple  of  Fame:    A  Vision.     By  Mr.  Pope.    London:  Printed  for 

Bernard  Lintott  betwixt  the  two   Temple  Gates  in  Fleet-street.     1715. 
8vo,  brown  levant  morocco,  elaborately  tooled. 
*The  first  edition.    A-G,  each  4  leaves;  pp.  1-52,  followed  by  four  pages 
of  "Proposals  for  Printing  by  Subscription  the  Works  of   ...    .   Jeoffrey 
Chaucer." 

2.  The  Temple  of  Fame:    A  Vision.    By  Mr.  Pope.    The  Second  Edition. 

London :  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintott  between  the  two  Temple-Gates 
in  Fleetstreet.     1715. 
*The   second  edition,   not   seen  by  Elwin.     Page   for  page  with  the  first 
edition,  but  with  different  advertisements  at  the  end. 

The  Temple  of  Fame  was  included  in  the  "Works"  of  1717  and  in  several 
editions  of  the  "Miscellany."     The  following  is  merely  a  curiosity. 

3.  Mr.  Pope's  Temple  of  Fame.    And  his  Messiah,  A  Sacred  Eclogue,  In 

Imitation  of  Virgil's  Pollio:     Translated  into  Latin  ....  By  Usher 

Gahagan London :  Printed  for  B.  Dickinson,  at  the  Corner  of 

the  Bell-Savage-Yard,  Ludgate  Hill.     1748.    8vo,  unbound. 

HOMER'S  ILIAD 

1.  The  Iliad  of  Homer.    Translated  by  Mr.  Pope.     [Quotation,  4  lines]. 

London:    Printed   by    W.   Bowyer,   for   Bernard   Lintott   between   the 
Temple-Gates,  1715.     6  vols.,  in  3,  folio,  original  calf. 
*Vol.  II  is  dated  1716;  IH,  1717;  IV,  1718;  V  and  VL  1720.    This  is  the 
first  edition. 

2.  The  Same.    Large  and  thick  paper.    6  vols,  in  3,  large  folio,  original  calf. 

3.  The   Iliad  of  Homer,  Translated  by  Mr.   Pope.     [Quotation,  4  lines]. 

London :    Printed   by    W.   Bozvyer,   for   Bernard  Lintott   between   the 

Temple-Gates.     I7l5.     6  vols.,  4to,  old  calf. 
*  Printed  with  the  types  of  the   folio  edition  but  reimposed,  with   fewer 
lines  to  the  page  and  with  many  copperplates,  head-bands,  tail-pieces  and  in- 
itials.    The  titles  are  in  black  and  red. 

4.  The  Iliad  of  Homer.     Translated  by  Mr.  Pope.     [Quotation,  4  lines]. 

London:    Printed    by    W.    Bowyer,   for   Bernard   Lintot   between    the 
Temple-Gates.    MDCCXX.    6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf,  (not  uniform). 

5.  The  Iliad  of  Homer.    Translated  by  Mr.  Pope.    The  Second  Edition. 

London  .    .    .   MDCCXX.     6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf,   (not  uniform). 
*Vol,  IT  and  III  are  first  edition  dated  1720.     Vols.  I,  IV,  V  and  VI  are 
second  edition,  the  three  last  dated  1721. 

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6.  The  Iliad  of   Homer.     Translated  by  Mr.   Pope.     The  Third  Edition. 

London   .    .    .   MDCCXXXII.    6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf    (broken). 
*Vol.  Ill  is  dated  1731,  the  others  1732. 

7.  The  IHad  of  Homer.     Translated  by  Alexander  Pope,  Esq;   London: 

Printed  for  Henry  Lintot.     MDCCXLIH.    6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf. 

8.  The  Iliad  of  Homer.     Translated  by  Alexander  Pope,  Esq;   London: 

Printed  for  Henry  Lintot.    MDCCL.    6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf. 

ELOISA  TO  ABELARD 

Eloisa  to  Abelard.  Written  by  Mr.  Pope.  The  Second  Edition.  Lon- 
don: Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot,  at  the  Cross-Keys  between  the 
Temple-Gates  in  Fleet-Street.     MDCCXX.    8vo,  unbound. 

*  This  Poem  was  first  printed  in  the  "Works"  of  1717  and  to  that  appear- 
ance Lintot  probably  referred  in  styling  this  octavo  reprint  "The  Second 
Edition."  At  least  no  earlier  edition  is  known.  Besides  the  titular  poem 
several  other  pieces  are  included  in  the  volume. 

HOMER'S  ODYSSEY 

1.  The    Odyssey    of    Homer.    London:     Printed    for    Bernard    Lintot. 

MDCCXXV.  5  vols.,   folio,   original   calf. 
*The   first   three   volumes   are   dated   1725;   Vols.   IV  and  V,   1726.     The 
first  edition. 

2.  The     Odyssey    of     Homer.     London :     Printed    for    Bernard    Lintot. 

MDCCXXV.    5  vols.,  4to,  original  calf. 

*  Reimposed,  with  fewer  lines  to  a  page  and  with  different  head-bands, 
tail-pieces  and  initials,  printed  from  copper  plates. 

3.  The  Odyssey  of  Homer.    Translated  from  the  Greek.    Vol.   I.    Lon- 

don:  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot.    MDCCXXV.    5   vols.,   12mo,   old 
calf.    2  sets. 
*Vols.   IV  and  V  are   dated   1726. 

OF  FALSE  TASTE 

1.  An  Epistle  to   the   Right   Honourable   Richard  Earl  of   Burlington. 

Occasion'd  by  his  Publishing  Palladio's  Designs  of  the  Baths,  Arches, 
Theatres,  &c.  of  Ancient  Rome.  By  Mr.  Pope.  London:  Printed  for 
L.  Gilliver  at  Homer's  Head  in  Fleet-street,  MDCCXXXI.  Price  Is. 
Folio,  hf.  mor. 

*  First  edition.  Registered  at  Stationers  Hall,  Dec.  7,  1831.  The  half- 
title  reads  "Of  Taste,  An  Epistle,"  etc. 

2.  Of  False  Taste.     An  Epistle.     [As  No.   1.]     The  Third  Edition.     [As 

No.  1.]     Folio,  unbound. 

*  This  third  edition  contains  an  explanatory  letter,  1  page,  following  title, 

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written  for  this  edition,  as  he  says  "I  take  the  opportunity  of  this  third  Edi- 
tion." This  is  printed  on  the  same  sheet  as  the  title,  showing  that  no  half- 
title  was  issued  with  this  edition. 

3.  Of  Taste,  An  Epistle.     [As  No.  1.]     Printed  in  the  Year  MDCCXXXII. 

8vo,  unbound. 

*  Evidently  printed  from  No.  1.     Sig.  A,  8  leaves.     There  is  neither  half- 
title  or  letter. 

4.  Of  Taste.    An  Epistle     [As   No.   1.]     London:  Printed.    And,  Dublin 

Re-printed  by  George  Faulkner,  at  the  Pamphlet-shop  in  Essex-street, 
opposite  to  the  Bridge,  MDCCXXXII. 

5.  Stowe,    The    Gardens    of    the    Right    Honourable    Richard    Lord    Vis- 

count Cobham.  Address'd  to  Mr.  Pope.  To  which  is  added,  Taste. 
A  Poem.  By  Mr.  Pope.  London :  Printed.  And,  Dublin,  Re-printed 
by  George  Faulkner  in  Essex-Street,  opposite  to  the  Bridge,  1732. 

*  Pope's  poem  fills  pp.  23-32.    It  is  headed  "Of  False  Taste"  showing  that 
this  edition  followed  No.  4. 

OF  THE  USE  OF  RICHES 

1.  Of  the  Use  of  Riches,  An  Epistle  to  the  Right  Honorable  Allen  Lord 
Bathurst.     By  Mr.   Pope.    London :  Printed  by  J.   Wright,  for  Lawton 

Gilliver  at  Homer's  Head  against  St.  Dunstan's  Church  in  Fleetstreet. 

1732.  Price  Is.    Folio,  unbound,  uncut. 

*  First  edition. 

2.  Of  the  Use  of  Riches.     [As  No.  1.]     8vo,  unbound. 

*  This  octavo  edition  was  no  doubt  issued  simultaneously  with  the  folio. 

3.  Of  the  Use  of  Riches.     [As  No.  1.]     The  Second  Edition.     [As  No.  1.], 

1733.  Folio,  unbound. 

*  The  printer's  ornament  on  p.  22  in  this  copy  is  a  basket  of  fruit.     Mr. 
Lefferts   has  noted  a  variation,  a   cupid  with  bow  standing  on  a  pedestal. 

4.  The  Use  of  Riches,  An  Epistle  To  the  Right  Honourable  Allen  Lord 

Bathurst.  By  Mr.  Pope.  Dublin :  Printed  by  S.  Powell  For  George 
Risk     etc.     M.  DCC.XXXIII.     Small  12mo,  bound  with  other  pieces. 

HORACE'S  FIRST  SATIRE  OF  THE  SECOND  BOOK 

1.  The  First  Satire  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace,  Imitated  in  a  Dia- 
logue between  Alexander  Pope  of  Twickenham  in  Com.  Midd.  Esq. ;  on 
the  one  Part,  and  his  Learned  Council  on  the  other.  [Quotation,  1 
line.]  London:  Printed  by  L.  G.  and  sold  by  A.  Dodd,  near  Temple- 
Bar;  E.  Nutt,  at  the  Royal  Exchange;  and  by  the  Booksellers  of  Lon- 
don and   Westminster.     M. DCC.XXXIII.     Folio,    half   morocco. 

*  First  Edition.     Without  price  printed  at  foot  of  title-page. 

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2.  The    First    Satire    of    the    Second    Book    of    Horace,    [As    No.    1.] 

M.DCC.XXXIII.     Price    One    Shilling.     Folio,    unbound. 

*  From  the  same  types  as  the  preceding  but  with  the  addition  "Price  One 
Shilling"  at  the  foot  of  the  title-page. 

3.  The  First  Satire  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace.     [As  No.  1.]     8vo, 

unbound. 

4.  The  First  Satire  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace,  [As  No.  1.]     London: 

Printed.  Dublin,  Rc-printcd  by  and  for  George  Faulkner,  in  Essex- 
street,  opposite  to  the  Bridge,  1733.     Small  8vo,  unbound. 

*  A,  B,  C,  each  4  leaves,  the  last  two  leaves  being  an  advertisement  of  a 
new  edition  of  Swift's  works,  dated  at  top  "Dublin,  April  30,  1733." 

5.  The  First  Satire  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace,  Imitated  in  Dialogue 

Between  Alexander  Pope  of  Twickenham,  in  Com'  Mid'  Esq;  And  his 
Learned  Council.  To  which  is  added.  The  Second  Satire  of  the  same 
Book.  By  the  Same  Hand.  Never  before  Printed.  London :  Printed 
for  L.  G.  in  Fleetstreet,  MDCCXXXIV.  (Price  Two  Shillings.)  4to, 
boards,  uncut. 

*  The  first  edition  of  the  Second  Satire. 

THE  IMPERTINENT 

This  is  the  original  publication  of  Pope's  versification  of  the 
fourth  of  Donne's  Satires.  The  text  differs  from  the  Satire  as 
printed  in  the  "Works,"  1735. 

1.  The  Impertinent,  or  a  Visit  to  the  Court.     A  Satyr.     By  an  Eminent 

Hand.     London:  Printed  for  John  Wileord  [sic],  behind  the  Chapter- 
house near  St.  Paul's.     1733.    Folio,  unbound,  bottom  edges  uncut. 
*The  first  edition,  without  the  author's  name.     Sigs.  A.  B  and  C,  each  2 

leaves  and  D,  1  leaf.    As  the  text  is  paged  5-16  it  is  possible  that  a  leaf  is 

lacking. 

2.  The  Impertinent:  or  a  Visit  to  the  Court.     A  Satyr.     By  Mr.  Pope. 

The  Second  Edition.     London :  Printed  for  E.  Hill,  in   White-Fryers, 
Fleet-street,    MDCCXXXVII.      Price    One    Shilling.      Folio,    unbound. 
*A-E,  each  2  leaves.    The  title  one  leaf,  "To  the  Author  of  the  following 
Satire,"  1  leaf,  and  text,  pp.  1-15. 

3.  The  Impertinent:    [As  No.  2.]    The  Third  Edition.     [As  No.  2.]     Folio, 

unbound. 

*  A,  B,  and  C,  each  2  leaves,  and  D,  1  leaf,  consisting  of  title,  and  text 
pp.  3-14. 

EPISTLE  TO  LORD  COBHAM 

An    Epistle   to    the    Right    Honourable    Richard    Lord    Visct.    Cobham. 
By   Mr.    Pope.     [Quotation,   6   lines.]     London:    Printed   for  Lawton 

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GilUver,  at  Homer's  Head  against  St.  Dunstan's  Church  in  Fleetstreet, 
1733.     (Price  one  Shilling.)     Folio,  half  morocco. 

*  First  edition. 

1734 

EPISTLE  TO  DR.  ARBUTHNOT 

1.  An  Epistle  from  Mr.  Pope,  to  Dr.  Arbuthnot.     [Quotation,  4  lines.] 

London :  Printed  by  J.  Wright  for  Lawton  GilUver  at  Homer's  Head  in 
Fleetstreet,   1734.     Folio,   unbound,   uncut. 

*  The  first  edition. 

2.  An  Epistle   [as  No.  1.]     8vo,  half  morocco. 

*  Errors  in  line  numbers  in  the  first  edition  seem  to  be  here  corrected. 

3.  An  Epistle  from  Mr.  Pope,  to  Dr.  Arbuthnot.     [Quotation,  4  lines.] 

London:  Printed.  And,  Dublin  Re-printed  by  George  Faulkner,  Book- 
seller, in  Essex-street,  opposite  to  the  Bridge,  MDCCXXXV. 

*  The  line-numbers  of  this  edition  vary  from  the  two  preceding.     They  have 
not  been  compared  line  by  line. 

CHARACTERS   OF  WOIVIEN 

1.  Of  the  Characters  of  Women:     An  Epistle  to  a  Lady.     By  Mr.  Pope. 

London:  Printed  by  J.  Wright,  for  Lawton  GilUver  at  Homer's  Head 
against  St.  Dunstan's  Church  in  Fleetstreet,  MDCCXXXV.  (Price 
One  Shilling.)     Folio,  half  morocco,  uncut. 

*  First  edition.     The  leaf  of  Advertisement  at  the  end  is  really  the  second 
leaf  of  Sig.  B,  folded  around  the  text. 

2,  Of  the  Characters  of  Women.    An  Epistle  to  a  Lady.     By  Mr.  Pope. 

London:  Printed,  Dublin:  Re-printed  by  George  Faulkner,  Bookskeller, 
in  Essex-street,  opposite  to  the  Bridge,  MDCCXXXV. 

SOBER  ADVICE  FROIVE  HORACE 

Sober  Advice  from  Horace,  To  the  Young  Gentlemen  About  Town.  As 
deliver'd  in  his  Second  Sermon.  Imitated  in  the  Manner  of  Mr.  Pope. 
Together  with  the  Original  Text,  as  restored  by  the  Revd.  R.  Bentley, 
Doctor  of  Divinity.  And  some  Remarks  on  the  Version.  London: 
Printed  for  T.  Boreman  at  the  Cock  on  Ludgate-Hill;  and  sold  by 
the  Booksellers  of  London  and  Westminster.  (Price  One  Shilling.) 
Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition.     Certainly  by  Pope,  though  he  denied  the  authorship  of  it. 

IIVIITATIONS  OF  HORACE 

The    First    Epistle    of   the    First    Book    of    Horace    Imitated.      By    Mr. 

Pope.     London :     Printed   for  R.   Dodslcy   at   Tully's  Head   in   Pall- 

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mall,  and  sold  &y   T.   Cooper  in  Pater-noster-row,   MDCCXXXVII. 
(Pric  Is.)     Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition.     The  "e"  has  dropped  out  of  the  word  "Trice."     In  some 
copies  this  is  correctly  printed  "Price  Is." 

The  First  Epistle  [As  No.  1.]     MDCCXXXVIII.    8vo,  unbound. 

The  Sixth  Epistle  of  the  First  Book  of  Horace  Imitated.  By  Mr.  Pope. 
London:  Printed  for  L.  Gilliver  at  Homer's  Head  against  St.  Duns- 
tan's  Church  in  Fleet-street,  MDCCXXXVII.  (Price  One  Shilling.) 
Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition. 

The  Sixth  Epistle  of  the  First  Book  of  Horace  Imitated.  [As  No.  1.] 
MDCCXXXVIII.    8vo,  unbound. 

The  First  Epistle  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace,  Imitated.  [Quota- 
tion, 1  line.]  London :  Printed  for  T.  Cooper,  at  the  Globe  in  Pater- 
noster-Rozv.    M.DCC.XXXVII.     (Price  One  Shilling.)     Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition. 

The  First  Epistle  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace.  [As  No.  1.0 
MDCCXXXVII.     8vo,  unbound. 

The  Second  Epistle  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace,  Imitated  by  Mr. 
Pope.  [Latin  motto,  1  line.]  London:  Printed  for  R.  Dodsley,  at 
Tully's  Head,  in  Pail-Mall.  M.DCC.XXXVII.  (Price  One  Shilling.) 
Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition. 

The  Second  Epistle  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace,  Imitated  by  Mr. 
Pope.  To  Colonel  *****  Printed  in  the  Year  M.DCCXXXVII. 
8vo,  unbound. 

Horace   His   Ode  to   Venus.     Lib.   IV.     Ode   I.     Imitated  by   Mr.   Pope. 

London:     Printed  for  J.  Wright,  and  Sold  by  J.  Roberts  in  Wanvick- 
lane,   MDCCXXXVII.      (Price   Six   Pence.)      Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition. 

Horace  His  Ode  to  Venus.     [As  No.  1.]     MDCCXXXVII.    8vo,  unbound. 

An  Imitation  of  the  Sixth  Satire  of  the  Second  Book  of  Horace.     Hoc 

erat  in  Votis,  &c.     The  first  Part  done  in  the  Year  1714,  By  Dr.  Swift. 

The  latter  Part  now  first  added.  And  never  before  Printed.     London: 

Printed  for  B.  Motte  and  C.  Bathurst  in  Fleet-street,  and  J.  and  P. 

Knapton  in  Lndgate-Street,  MDCCXXXVIII.     (Price  One  Shilling.) 

Folio,  unbound. 
*The  first  eight  lines  and  lines  29  to  132  were  printed  in  Motte's  "Mis- 
cellanies." 1732,  pp.  169-176  of  the  "Last  Volume",  and  are  by  Swift.     This 
is  the  first  edition  of  lines  9  to  28  and  133  to  221,  which  are  probably  all  by 
Pope. 

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SEVENTEEN  THIRTY  EIGHT 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight.  A  Dialogue  some- 
thing like  Horace.  By  Mr.  Pope.  London :  Printed  for  T.  Cooper  at 
the  Globe  in  Paternoster-row.     (Price  One  Shilling.)     Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition.  This  copy  has  the  words  "One  Shilling"  in  the  last  line 
printed  in  capitals  and  is  probably  an  earlier  issue  than  the  next. 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight,  [As  No.  1].  Folio, 
full  calf,  uncut. 

*  From  the  same  setting  of  types  as  the  preceding  and  differing  only  in 
that  the  words  "One  Shilling"  are,  except  the  initial  letters,  in  lower  case 
type.    As  this  is  the  type  used  in  Dialogue  II  the  other  is  probably  the  earlier. 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight.  A  Dialogue  Some- 
thing like  Horace.  By  Mr.  Pope.  London :  Printed  for  T.  Cooper 
at  the  Globe  in  Pater-noster-row.    MDCCXXXVIII.    8vo,  unbound. 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight.  A  Dialogue  Some- 
thing like  Horace.  By  Mr.  Pope.  Dublin :  Reprinted  by  Geo.  Faulk- 
ner.    M,DCC,XXX,VIII.     Small   12mo,  bound  with  other  pieces. 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight.  Dialogue  II.  By 
Mr.  Pope.  London :  Printed  for  R.  Dodsley  at  Tully's  Head  in  Pall- 
mall,  MDCCXXXVIII.  (Price  One  Shilling.)  Folio,  uncut,  bound 
with  the  first  Dialogue. 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight.  Dialogue  II.  By 
Mr.  Pope.  London:  Printed  for  R.  Dodsley  at  Tully's  Head  in  Pall- 
mall.    MDCCXXXVIII.    8vo,  unbound. 

One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Thirty  Eight.  Dialogue  II.  By 
Mr.  Pope.  Dublin:  Printed  by  R.  Reilly.  For  G.  Risk,  G.  Enfing.  W. 
Smith,  and  G.  Faulkner,  Booksellers.  MDCCXXXVIII.  Small  12mo, 
bound  with  other  pieces. 

THE  UNIVERSAL  PRAYER 

The  Universal  Prayer.  By  the  Author  of  the  Essay  on  Man.  London: 
Printed  for  R.  Dodsley  ,at  Tully's  Head,  in  Pall-Mall.  MDCCXXX- 
VIII.    (Price  Six  Pence.)  Folio,  unbound. 

*  First  edition. 

MEMOIRS  OF  SCRIBLERUS 

Memoirs  of  the  Extraordinary  Life,  Works,  and  Discoveries  of  Martinus 
Scriblerus.  By  Mr.  Pope.  Dublin:  Printed  by  and  for  George  Faulk- 
ner.    M.DCC.XLI.     Small  12mo,  original  calf. 

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CHARACTER  OF  KATHERINE 

The  Character  of  Katherine,  Late  Duchess  of  Buckinghamshire  and  Nor- 
manby.  By  the  late  Mr.  Pope.  London :  Printed  for  M.  Cooper  in 
Pater-noster-Row.     M.DCC.XLVI.     Folio,  unbound. 

VERSES  ON  THE  DUCHESS  OF  MARLBOROUGH 

Verses  upon  the  Late  D[uche]ss  of  M[arlborough].  By  Mr.  P[ope]. 
London:  Printed  for  W.  Webb,  near  St.  Paul's,  1746.  (Price  Six- 
pence.)    Folio,  unbound,  uncut. 

*  First  edition.  Three  leaves,  the  text  ending  on  p.  5.  On  p.  6  is  this 
notice: 

"These  Verses  are  Part  of  a  Poem,  entitled  Characters  of  Women.     It  is 

generally  said,  the  D ss  gave  Mr.  P.  ilOOO  to  suppress  them.     He  took 

the  Money,  yet  the  World  sees  the  Verses ;  but  this  is  not  the  first  Instance 
where  Mr.  P.'s  practical  Virtue  has  fallen  very  short  of  those  pompous 
Professions  of  it  he  makes  in  his  Writings." 

Originally  suppressed,  when  the  "Characters  of  Women"  was  printed  in 
1735  but  Pope  left  at  his  death,  a  corrected  manuscript  in  which  these  lines 
were  restored. 

LETTERS 

1.  Letters  of  Mr.  Pope,  and  Several   Eminent  Persons,  From  the  Year 

1705,  to  17n.  Vol.  I.  London:  Printed  and  Sold  by  the  Booksellers 
of  London  and  Westminster.  M.  D.  CC.  XXXV.  2  vols,  in  1,  old 
half  roan. 

*  Francis  Grant's  copy,  with  his  notes  on  fly-leaf. 

2.  Letters  of  Mr.  Pope,  and   Several  Eminent  Persons,  From  the  Year 

1705  to  1735.  Vol.  I.  London:  Printed  for  T.  Cooper,  and  sold  by  the 
Booksellers  of  London  and  Westminster.    MDCCXXXV.    12mo,  cloth. 

*  Complete  in  one  volume. 

3.  Letters  of  Mr.  Pope,  and  Several  Eminent  Persons.     From  the  Year 

1705  to  1735.  N.  B.  This  Edition  contains  more  Letters,  and  more 
correctly  Printed,  than  any  other  extant.  London :  Printed;  and  sold 
by  the  Booksellers  of  London  and  Westminster.  M.DCC.XXXV. 
12mo,  sheep. 

4.  Letters  of  Mr.  Pope,  and   Several  Eminent   Persons.     From  the  Year 

1705,  to  1735.  N.  B.  This  Edition  contains  more  Letters,  and  more 
correctly  printed,  than  any  other  extant  London:  Printed  for  J. 
Smith;  and  sold  by  the  Booksellers  of  London  and  Westminster. 
M.DCC.XXXV.     12mo,  sheep  (broken). 

5.  Mr.  Pope's  Literary  Correspondence  for  Thirty  Years;  from  1704  to 

1734.  Being  a  Collection  of  Letters,  which  passed  between  him  and 
Several  Eminent  Persons.     Volume  the  First.     London :  Printed  for 

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E.   Curll,  in  Rose-street,   Covent   Garden.     M.DCC.XXXV.     5   vols., 
8vo,  old  boards. 
*Vols.  I,  II  and  III  are  dated  1735,  Vol.  IV,  1736  and  Vol.  V,  1737.    An- 
other set,  in  half  calf,  is  included. 

6.  The  Same.     Another  copy  of  Vol.  1.    8vo,  cloth. 

*  Differently  arranged  in  binding.  Col.  F.  Grant's  copy,  with  his  manu- 
script notes. 

7.  Mr.  Pope's  Literary  Correspondence  for  Thirty  Years,  from  1704  to 

1734.  Being  a  Collection  of  Letters,  Which  passed  between  him  and 
Several  Eminent  Persons.  Volume  the  First.  The  Third  Edition. 
London :  Printed  for  E.  Curll,  in  Rose-street,  Covent  Garden.  4  vols., 
12mo,  calf  and  sheep. 
♦Vols.  II  and  III  are  Second  Edition,  1735;  Vol.  IV  is  Second  Edition, 
1736. 

8.  Letters  of  Mr.  Pope,  and   Several   Eminent   Persons,   From  the  Year 

1705,  to  1711.     Vol.  I.     Dublin:  Re-printed  by  George  Faulkner,  And 
Sold  in  his  Shop  in  Essex-Street,  by  R.  Gunne  in  Caple-Street,  by 
J.  Smith  and  IV.  Bruce  oti  the  Blind  Key,  1735.    2  vols.,  12mo,  sheep. 
*Vol.  II  reads  "From  the  Year  1711,  &c." 

9.  Letters  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope,  And  Several  of  his  Friends.     London : 

Printed  by  J.  Wright  for  J.  Knapton  in  Ludgatestreet,  L.  Gilliver  in 
Fleet  street,  J.  Brindley  in  New  Bond  street,  and  R.  Dodsley  in  Pall- 
mall.     MDCCXXXVII.     Folio,  original  calf. 

10.  The  Same.     A  second  copy  with  title  printed  in  red  and  black.     Large 

paper.     Folio,  original  calf. 

*  These  two  copies  each  consist  of  half-title  and  title,  each  1  leaf.  Preface 
and  Contents,  15  unpaged  leaves,  half-title,  1  leaf  and  text  pp.  9-307. 

11.  Letters  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope.     London,  MDCCXXXVII.    4to,  calf. 

*  Printed  from  the  same  types  as  the  preceding  but  with  fewer  lines  to  a 
page  of  text.  The  collation  is  the  same  as  the  preceding  except  that  the 
text  runs  to  p.  332. 

12.  Dean    Swift's    Literary    Correspondence,    For    Twenty-four    Years; 

from  1714  to  1738.  Consisting  of  Original  Letters  To  and  From  Mr. 
Pope,  Dr.  Swift,  [etc.]  London:  Printed  for  E.  Curll,  at  Pope's 
Head,  in  Rose-street,  Covent-Garden.  M.DCC.XLI.  Price  4s.  Sewed, 
5s.     Bound.    8vo,  calf. 

*  Another  copy,  bound  in  old  boards  uniform  with  the  set  of  "Literary 
Correspondence"  and  lettered  "6",  is  included. 

13.  Miscellanies.     The  Tenth  Volume.     By  Dr.   Swift.     London :   Printed 

for  R.  Dodsley  in  Pall-mall.    M.DCC.XLV.     Small  12mo,  original  calf. 

*  This  volume  contains  on  pp.  65-70  two  letters  from  Pope  to  Dr.  Sheridan. 

14.  Letters  of  the  Late  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.    To  a  Lady.    Never  before 

published.  London :  Printed  for  J.  Dodsley,  in  Pall-Mall.  MDCCLXIX. 
12mo,  panelled  calf. 

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15.  A  Collection  of  Letters,  Never  before  printed:  Written  By  Alexander 
Pope,  Esq. ;  and  Other  ingenious  Gentlemen,  To  the  Late  Aaron  Hill, 
Esq ;  London :  Printed  for  W.  Owen,  at  Homer's  Head,  near  Temple- 
Bar,  Fleet-Street.     Price  Is.     M.DCCLL     12mo,  unbound. 

"MISCELLANIES"    AND    OTHER    VOLUMES    TO    WHICH 
POPE  CONTRIBUTED 

*  These  are  generally  arranged  by  date  of  publication.  Reprints  are  in- 
serted under  the  date  of  the  earlier  edition. 

1709 

Poetical  Miscellanies:  The  Sixth  Part.  Containing  a  Collection  of  Orig- 
inal Poems,  With  Several  New  Translations.  By  the  most  Eminent 
Hands.  London,  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson,  zinthin  Grays-Inn  Gate, 
next  Grays-Inn  Lane.  1709.  Where  you  may  have  the  Five  former 
Parts.     8vo,  original  sheep. 

*  The  earlier  volumes  of  this  series,  known  as  Dryden's  Miscellany,  con- 
tain nothing  by  Pope.     Three  pieces  first  appeared  in  the  present  volume. 

"January  and  May;  or,  the  Merchant's  Tale:  from  Chaucer."    Pp.  177-224. 
"The  Episode  of   Sarpedon,  Translated  from  the  Twelfth  and   Sixteenth 
Books  of  Homer's  Iliads."     Pp.  301-323.     "Pastorals."     Pp.  721-751. 

The  Sixth  Part  of  Miscellany  Poems.  Containing  Variety  of  New 
Translations  of  the  Ancient  Poets :  Together  with  Several  Original 
Poems.  By  the  Most  Eminent  Hands.  Publish'd  by  Mr.  Dryden. 
London:  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson  [etc.].  MDCCXVL  12mo,  orig- 
inal sheep. 

*  A  later  edition  of  Dryden's  Miscellany.    Vols.  I-V  are  also  included. 

1711 

The  Spectator.  From  No.  1,  March  1,  1711,  to  No.  DLIV,  December  5, 
1712  (except  No.  503).     In  1  vol.,  folio,  russia. 

*  Lacking  only  two  numbers  of  being  a  complete  set  of  the  very  rare 
single  sheet  first  issue  of  the  Spectator.     Pope  contributed  to  two  numbers. 

No.  378,  May  14,  1712,  contains  the  first  appearance  in  print  of  the 
"Messiah."  No.  532,  November  10,  1712,  contains  a  letter  by  Pope  about 
Emperor  Hadrian's  death-bed  verses. 

The  Same.  Another  set.  From  No.  1  to  No.  451  (lacking  four  numbers) 
and  Nos.  480,  520,  and  542.  Accompanied  by  "The  Tatler"  from  No. 
1,  April  12,  1709,  to  No.  289,  February  10,  1710  [1711],  with  both  title- 
pages  and  preliminary  leaves  and  Indexes;  also  ten  odd  numbers  of 
"The  Diverting  Post." 

1712 

Miscellaneous   Poems   and   Translations.     By   Several    Hands.     London: 

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Printed  for  Bernard  Lintott  at  tlie  Cross-Keys  betzveen  the  Two 
Temple   Gates  in  Fleetstrcet.     1712.    8vo,   original  sheep. 

*  The  first  edition   of   Lintott's   Miscellany.     Already  described   on  p.    18. 

Besides  the  first  appearance  of  "The  Rape  of  the  Lock,"  this  volume  con- 
tains the  following  pieces  written  or  translated  by  Pope,  and  all  here  first 
printed. 

"The  First  Book  of  Statins  his  Thebais."     Pp.  5-56. 

"The  Fable  of  Vertumnus  and  Pomona."     Pp.   129-136. 

"To  a  Young  Lady,  with  the  Works  of  Voiture."     Pp.  137-142. 

"Two  Copies  of  Verses.  1.  On  Silence.  2.  To  the  Author  of  a  Poem 
entitled,  Successio."     Pp.  143-148. 

"Verses  design'd  to  be  prefix'd  to  Mr.  Lintott's  Miscellany."     Pp.  174,  175. 

Pp.  321-352  are  omitted  in  the  pagination. 


1713 

The  Guardian.  From  Numb.  I,  March  12,  1713,  to  Numb.  CLXXV,  October 
1,  1713,  a  complete  set.     In  1  vol.,  folio,  mottled  calf. 

*  Pope  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  this  paper.  The  following  pieces 
have  been  identified  as  by  him. 

No.    4.     "Though  most  Things  which  are  wrong  in  their  own  Nature"  etc. 

No.  11.     "As  you  profess  to  encourage,"  etc. 

No.  33.    "Prologue  to  Cato." 

No.  40.     "I  designed  to  have  troubled  the  Reader,"  etc. 

No.  61.     "I  cannot  think  it  extravagant  to  imagine,"  etc. 

No.  78.     "It  is  no  small  Pleasure  to  me,"  etc. 

No.  91.     "I  remember  a  Saying  of  yours,"  etc. 

No.  92.     "The  Club  rising  early  this  Evening."  etc. 

No.  173.  "I  lately  took  a  particular  Friend  of  mine  to  my  House  in  the 
Country." 

The  last  includes  a  translation  "The  Gardens  of  Alcinous,"  from  the 
Odyssey.     The  others  are  all  in  prose  except  the  Prologue  to  Cato. 

Cato.  A  Tragedy.  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  Theatre-Royal  in  Drury  Lane, 
By  Her  Majesty's  Servants.  By  Mr.  Addison.  [Quotation,  6  lines]. 
London :  Printed  for  J.  Tonson,  at  Shakespear's  Head  over-against 
Catherine-Street  in  the  Strand.     MDCCXIII.     4to,  half  morocco. 

*  First  edition.     With  the  half-title  often  lacking. 

The  Prologue  is  by  Pope.  It  is  here  first  printed  in  book-form,  though 
it  had  appeared  in  The  Guardian  of  April  18,  1713. 


1714 

Miscellanous  Poems  and  Translations.  By  Several  Hands.  Particularly 
[9  titles].  By  Mr.  Pope.  The  Second  Edition.  London:  Printed  for 
Bernard  Lintott  hetiveen  the  two  Temple  Gates  in  Fleet-street,  and 
William  Len^is  in  Russel-street,  Covent-Garden.  1714.  8vo,  morocco, 
gilt  edges. 
*  The  identical  sheets  of  the  first  edition  of  1712,  except  for  a  new  half- 
title  and  title,  new  matter  filling  the  gap  of  the  first  edition,  and  added  pp. 

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375-424.  Even  the  four  unnumbered  leaves  of  advertisement  following  p. 
376  are  the  same. 

In  this  new  matter  are  included  five  pieces  by  Pope  The  two  following 
only  are  here  first  printed. 

"Upon  a  Girl  of  Seven  Years  Old."     P.  321. 

"Epigram  upon  Two  or  Three."     P.  322. 

Poetical  Miscellanies,  Consisting  of  Original  Poems  and  Translations.  By 
the  best  Hands.  Publish'd  by  Mr.  Steele.  London :  Printed  for  Jacob 
Tonson  at  Shakespear's  Head  over-against  Catherine-street  in  the 
Strand.     MDCCXIV.    8vo,  original  calf. 

*  The  first  edition  of  Steele's  Miscellany.  There  was  another  edition  the 
same  year  with  the  date  correctly  printed.  Three  pieces  by  Pope  were  here 
first  printed. 

"The  Wife  of  Bath  Her  Prologue  from  Chaucer."     Pp.  1-27. 

"Prologue  Design'd  for  Mr.  D 's  last  Play."     Pp.  40-41. 

"The  Arrival  of  Ulysses  in  Ithaca."     Pp.  120-134. 

1716 

Court  Poems.  Viz;  1.  The  Basset-Table.  An  Eclogue.  II.  The  Draw- 
ing-Room.  III.  The  Toilet.  A  Copy  of  Verses  to  the  Ingenious  Mr. 
Moore,  Author  of  the  celebrated  Worm-Powder.  All  Four  by  Mr. 
Pope.  To  which  is  Added  W.  T.  to  Fair  Clio.  Dublin:  Reprinted  by 
S.  Powell  [etc.],  1716.     Price  3d.     12mo,  unbound. 

*  The  Verses  "To  the  Ingenious  Mr.  Moore,"  were  published  first  as  a 
broadside.  "The  Basset  Table"  and  "Roxana;  or  the  Drawing  Room"  were 
probably  first  printed  in  the  London  edition  of  the  present  volume.  "The 
Toilet"  is  very  doubtfully  by  Pope.  Warburton  also  asserts  that  "Roxana" 
was  not  by  him. 

Court  Poems.  In  Two  Parts  Complete.  To  which  are  added,  I.  Verses 
upon  Prudery.  II.  An  Epitaph  upon  John  Hewett  and  Mary  Drew, 
who  were  killed  by  Lightening,  at  Stanton-Harcourt,  in  Oxfordshire. 
By  Mr.  Pope.  London :  Printed  for  R.  Burleigh,  1719.  Price  One 
Shilling.     12mo,  unbound,  uncut. 

*  The  two  pieces  named  on  the  title  were  probably  both  here  first  printed. 
"What  is  Prud'ry?"     P.  25. 

"Epitaph."    P.  26. 

Court  Poems.  In  Two  Parts.  By  Mr.  Pope,  &c.  London :  Printed  for  E. 
Curll  in  the  Strand.     1726.     (Price  Is.)     12mo,  unbound. 

*  The  Contents  differ  from  the  preceding  but  apparently  nothing  new  by 
Pope  is  included. 

The  Art  of  Painting.  By  C.  A.  DuFresnoy :  with  Remarks :  Translated 
into  English,  with  an  Original  Preface,  containing  a  Parallel  between 
Painting  and  Poetry:  By  Mr.  Dryden.  As  also  a  short  Account  of 
the  most  Eminent  Painters,  both  Ancient  and  Modern :  By  R.  G., 
Esq. ;  The  Second  Edition,  Corrected  and  Enlarg'd.     London :  Printed 

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for  B.  L.  and  sold  by  William  Taylor  at  the  Ship  in  Pater-noster-row. 
1716.    8vo,  half  morocco. 

*  Pope's  verses  "To  Mr.  Jervas,  with  Frensoy's  [sic]  Art  of  Painting" 
fills  six  leaves,  A6,  A7  and  A8.  This  was  not  in  the  first  edition  of  this 
book,  published  a  year  earlier. 

1717 

The  Parson's  Daughter.  A  Tale.  For  the  Use  of  pretty  Girls  with  small 
Fortunes.  [Quotation,  3  lines.]  To  which  are  added,  Epigrams,  and 
the  Court  Ballad,  By  Mr.  Pope.  From  correct  Copies.  London, 
Printed  for  J.  Harris  near  St.  James's  Bagnio.  1717.  Price  Six  Pence. 
12mo,  unbound. 

*  "The  Court  Ballad,"  which  fills  pp.  15-19,  was  also  printed,  probably 
earlier,  as  a  broadside.  "Epigrams  Occasion'd  by  an  Invitation  to  Court," 
pp.  20-22,  is  apparently  here  first  printed. 

Three  Hours  after  Marriage.  A  Comedy,  As  is  is  Acted  at  the  Theatre 
Royal.  [Quotation,  1  line.]  London :  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot 
between  the  Temple  Gates,  Fleetstreet.     1717.    8vo,  half  calf. 

*  First  edition. 

The  Prologue  is  by  Pope.  It  is  probable  that  he  also  assisted  Gay  in  the 
composition  of  the  Comedy  itself.  The  failure  of  the  play  was  the  cause  of 
Pope's  controversy  with  Cibber  and  of  his  hostility  to  the  stage. 

1720 

Miscellaneous  Poems  and  Translations,  By  several  Hands.  Particularly 
[8  titles]  By  Mr.  Pope.  The  Third  Edition.  London:  Printed  for 
Bernard  Lintot  between  the  Temple-Gates  in  Fleet-street,  1720.  2 
vols.,  12mo,  original  sheep. 

*  Though  the  first  volume  contains  a  number  of  pieces  by  Pope,  one  only 
was  here  first  printed. 

"Epitaph  Design'd  for  Mr.  Rowe  in  Westminster-Abbey."    P.  176. 
Vol.  II,  which  has  a  slightly  different  title,  contains  nothing  by  Pope,  ap- 
parently. 

A  New  Miscellany  of  Original  Poems,  Translations  and  Imitations.     By 

the  most  Eminent  Hands,   [8  lines].     London,  Printed  for  T.  Jauncy 
at  the  Angel  without  Temple  Bar.    1720.    Price  Ss.    8vo,  original  sheep. 

*  This  volume,  known  as  Hammond's  Miscellany,  contains  the  first  ap- 
pearance of  one  piece  by  Pope. 

"Verses  to  the  Lady  Mary  Wortlcy  Montague."     Pp.  274-276. 

1722 

Miscellaneous  Poems  and  Translations,  By  several  Hands.  Particularly 
[8  titles]   by  Mr.   Pope.     The  Fourth  Edition.     London:  Printed  for 

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Bernard    Lintot    between    the     Temple     Gates    in    Fleetstreet,     1722. 
12mo,  original  sheep. 

*  A  single  piece  only  by  Pope  seems  to  have  been  first  printed  in  this 
volume. 

"Verses  Occasion'd  by  Mr.  Addison's  Treatise  of  Medals."     Pp.  177-180. 

Poems  on  Several  Occasions.  Written  by  Dr.  Thomas  Parnell,  Late  Arch- 
Deacon  of  Clogher;  and  Published  by  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation,  1  line.] 
London :  Printed  for  B.  Lintot,  at  the  Cross-Keys,  betzveen  the  Temple 
Gates  in  Fleet-street.     1722.     8vo,  original  calf. 

*  First  edition.  The  collection  was  compiled  by  Pope  and  the  Dedication 
in  verse  "To  the  Right  Honourable,  Robert,  Earl  of  Oxford  and  Earl  Morti- 
mer." 4  pp.  was  here  first  printed. 

Poems  on  Several  Occasions.  Written  by  Dr.  Thomas  Parnell.  London, 
1726.     8vo,  old  red  morocco. 

*  Apparently  the  second  edition. 

1725 

The  Works  of  Shakespear.  In  Six  Volumes.  Collated  and  Corrected  by 
the  former  Editions.  By  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation,  6  lines].  London: 
Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson  in  the  Strand.  MDCCXXV.  6  vols.,  4to, 
original  calf. 

*  The  first  edition  of  Pope's  Shakespeare.  The  separate  title-pages  are 
dated  1723,  but  this  general  title,  in  red  and  black,  printed  with  the  Preface, 
List  of  Subscribers,  etc.,  is  dated  1725. 

1727 

Miscellanea.  In  Two  Volumes.  Never  before  Published.  Viz.  [6  lines]. 
Volume  I.  London:  Printed  in  the  Year,  1727.  Price  5s.  2  vols,  in  1, 
12mo,  original  calf. 

*  Pope's  "Letters  to  Henry  Cromwell,  Esq.,"  fill  pp.  1-66  of  Vol.  I.  In 
Letter  VII  is  incorporated  the  poem  "Argus."  Three  other  pieces  in  verse 
are  here  first  printed. 

"To  a  fair  Lady  singing  to  her  Lute."    Vol.  I,  p.  131. 
"The  Translator."     Vol.  I,  p.  132. 
"The  Three  Gentle  Shepherds."    Vol.  H,  p.  81. 

The  "Satire"  "If  Dennis  writes,  and  rails,  with  furious  'Pet' "  pp.  133,  134 
of  Vol.  I,  differs  from  the  Version  printed  in  "Court  Poems,"  l726. 

Miscellanies  in  Prose  and  Verse.  The  First  Volume.  London :  Printed 
for  Benjamin  Motte,  at  the  Middle-Temple  Gate  in  Fleet-Street. 
MDCCXXVII.     4  vols.,  8vo,  original  sheep,  or  calf. 

*The  first  volume  contains  nothing  by  Pope.  Vol.  II  has  title  "Mis- 
cellanies. The  Second  Volume,"  with  the  same  imprint  as  Vol.  I.  Included 
are  three  pieces,  all  prose,  by  Pope,  and,  apparently,  here  first  printed. 

"Memoirs  of  P.   P.  Clerk  of  This  Parish."     Pp.  269-284. 

"Stradling  versus  Stiles."     Pp.  292-296. 

"Thoughts  on  Various  Subjects."     Pp.  338-358. 

The  third  volume  to  be  published  has  the  title  "Miscellanies.  The  Last 
Volume."     with   similar  imprint   and  the  same   date  as  the   two  preceding. 

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The  following  fourteen  pieces  by  Pope  are  apparently  here  first  printed. 

"Of  the  Art  of  Sinking  in  Poetry."     Pp.  5-92. 

"A  Tale  of  Chaucer."     Pp.  44,  45. 

"The  Alley."     Pp.  46-50. 

"Verses  Occasion'd  By  an,  &c.,  at  the  End  of  Mr.  D'Urfy's  Name  in  the 
Title  to  one  of  his  Plays."     Pp.  111-116. 

"Sandvs's  Ghost."     Pp.   122-127. 

"Umbra."    P.  128. 

"Macer."     Pp.  134,  135. 

"Sylvia."    Pp.  136,  137. 

"Artemisia."     Pp.  138,  139. 

"Phryne."     Pp.  140,  141. 

"To  Mrs.  M.  B."     Pp.  164-165. 

"Epigram  on  the  Feuds  about  Handel  and  Bononcini."     P.  174. 

"On  Mrs.  T[oft]s."     P.  174. 

"The  Balance  of  Europe."     P.   178. 

The  fourth  volume  to  be  published  has  the  title  "Miscellanies.  The  Third 
Volume.  London:  Printed  for  Benj.  Motte  [etc.],  1732."  This  volume  con- 
tains thirteen  pieces  by  Pope,  here  first  printed. 

"A  full  and  true  Account  of  a  Horrid  and  Barbarous  Revenge  by  Poison, 
on  the  Body  of  Mr.  Edmund  Curll,  Bookseller."     Pp.  17-27. 

"A  Further  Account  of  the  most  Deplorable  Condition  of  Mr.  Edmund 
Curll.  Bookseller."     Pp.  28-42. 

"A  Strange  but  True  Relation  How  Edmund  Curll  ....  was  converted." 
Pp.  43-51. 

"An  Essay  of  the  Learned  Martinus  Scriblerus,  Concerning  the  Origine  of 
Sciences."     Pp.  98-116. 

"Virgilius  Restauratus."     Pp.  117-128. 

"Epitaph  on  Francis  C ".     P.  63. 

"Epigram,"  "You  beat  your  Pate."     P.  64. 

"Epigram  from  the  French."     P.  66. 

"Epitaph  on  G ."     P.  67. 

"Epigram  on  the  Toasts  of  the  Kit-Cat  Club."     Pp.  67,  68. 

"To  a  Lady  with  the  Temple  of  Fame."     P.  68. 

"On  the  Countess  of  B cutting  Paper."     Pp.  74,  75. 

"On  a  Certain  Lady  at  Court."     Pp.  75,  76. 

The  collection  includes  also  duplicate  copies  of  Vols.  I  and  H,  and  of  the 
"Last"  volume,  the  latter  dated  1732. 

Miscellanies.     The  First  Volume.     London:   Printed  for  Benjamin  Motte 
and    Charles   Bathiirst,    at    the    Middle-Temple-Gate,   Fleet-Street.      6 
vols.,  12mo,  sheep. 
*Vol.  I  is  undated.     Vol.  H,  "The  Last  Volume"  and  Vol.  HI  are  dated 
1736.  as  are  also  Vols.  V  and  VL 
This  set  seems  to  include  nothing  new  by  Pope. 

Several  Copies  of  Verses  On  Occasion  of  Mr.  Gulliver's  Travels.  Never 
before  Printed.  London :  Printed  for  Benj.  Motte,  at  the  Middle 
Temple  Gate  in  Fleet-street.     MDCCXXVH.     8vo,  boards. 

*  Five   Poems   of  which   four  are  certainly  by  Pope. 

To  Quinbus  Flestrin  the  Man-Mountain.     Pp.  5-9. 

The  Lamentation  of  Glumdalclitch  for  the  loss  of  Grildrig.     Pp.  10-16. 

To  Mr.  Lemuel  Gulliver,  The  Grateful  Address  of  the  Unhappy  Houghn- 

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hnms,  now  in  Slavery  and  Bondage  in  England.     Pp.  17-20. 

Mary  Gulliver  to  Capt.  Lemuel  Gulliver;   an  Epistle.     Pp.  21-30. 

The  fifth  piece,  "The  Words  of  the  King  of  Brobdingnag,"  on  a  separate 
signature  *,  2  leaves  paged  17,  14,  15,  16,  inserted  between  pp.  16-17,  is  also 
probably  by  Pope  though  not  included  by  Elwin  and  Courthope. 

Travels  into  Several  Remote  Nations  of  the  World.  In  Four  Parts.  By 
Lemuel  Gulliver,  First  a  Surgeon,  and  then  a  Captain  of  several  Ships. 
To  which  are  prefix'd,  Several  Copies  of  Verses  Explanatory  and 
Commendatory;  never  before  printed.  Vol.  I.  The  Second  Edition. 
London :  Printed  for  Benj.  Motte,  at  the  Middle  Temple  Gate  in  Fleet- 
street.  MDCCXXVIL  2  vols.,  8vo,  original  sheep. 
*The  preliminary  poems  here  fill  22  pages,   following  the  title,   the  first 

12  unnumbered,  the  others  numbered  21   to  30. 

The  Altar  of  Love.  Consisting  of  Poems,  and  other  Miscellanies.  By  the 
most  eminent  Hands.  —  London :  Printed  for  H.  Curll  in  the  Strand. 
MDCCXXVIL     8vo,  original  calf. 

*  This  collection  includes,  on  the  verso  of  leaf  3,  "Epitaph  on  the  Monu- 
ment of  Secretary  Craggs,  in  Westminster  Abbey."  apparently  here  first 
collected.  A  section  "Popeana,"  40  pages,  is  made  up  of  selections  from 
Pope's  writings.     The  "'Epitaph"  is  also  included  in  the  following: 

The  Altar  of  Love;  or,  the  Whole  Art  of  Kissing  in  all  its  Varieties. — 

The   Third   Edition.     London,    1731.     8vo,   original   calf. 

1730 

Miscellaneous  Poems.  By  Several  Hands.  Published  by  D.  Lewis.  [Quo- 
tation, 1  line].  London:  Printed  by  J.  Watts.  MDCCXXX.  Svo, 
original  calf. 

*  Five  pieces  by  Pope  are  here  first  printed  in  book-form. 
"An  Epitaph  on  the  Honourable  Simon  Harcourt."     P.  32. 
This  had  appeared  in  the  "Plain  Dealer"  for  Nov.  13,  1724. 

"Adriana  morientis  ad  Animam.  Or,  The  Heathen  to  his  departing  Soul." 
Pp.  36,  37. 

"Christiana  morientis  ad  Animam.  Or,  The  Christian  to  his  departing 
Soul."     Pp.  37,  38. 

"Epitaph  on  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Corbett."     P.  89. 

"Epitaph  on  the  Monument  of  the  Honourable  Robert  Digby."    Pp.  124,  125. 

1732 

Miscellany  Poems.  Vol.  I.  By  Mr.  Pope.  [Quotation,  4  lines].  The 
Sixth  Edition.  London :  Printed  for  Bernard  Lintot;  and  sold  by 
Henry  Lintot,  at  the  Cross-Keys  against  St.  Dunstan's-Church  in 
Fleet  street.     MDCCXXXII.     2  vols.,  12mo,  original  sheep. 

*  Among  many  pieces  by  Pope  in  the  first  volume  two  only  appear  to  be 
here  first  printed. 

"Epitaphium  Simonis  Harcourt."     Pp.   195-197. 
"Solitude."     Pp.  202,  203. 

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Grubiana:  Or,  a  Complete  Collection  of  all  the  Poems  and  Material 
Letters  from  the  Grubstreet  Journals ;  Beginning  at  Numb.  I,  of 
January  the  8th,  1730,  and  continued  to  Numb.  CXII,  of  Thursday, 
February  the  24th,  1732.  [Quotation,  4  lines].  London:  Printed  by 
J.  Hughs,  in  High-Holborn,  And  sold  by  T.  Warner  in  Pater-Noster- 
Row.  MDCCXXXIL  (Price  Stitch'd  Two  Shillings.)  12mo,  un- 
bound. 

*  Epigrams  by  Pope,  probably  here  first  printed  in  book-form,  are  found 
on  pp.  19,  23,  51,  57  and  97. 

1735 

The  Gentleman's  Magazine:  Or,  Monthly  Intelligencer.    Vol.  V 

London:    ....    [1735].    8vo,  calf. 

*  On  p.  269  are  four  lines,  with  heading:  "Wrote  by  Mr.  P.  in  a  Volume 
of  Evelyn  on  Coins." 

1736 

Satires  of  Dr.  John  Donne,  Dean  of  St.  Paul's.  [Quotation,  4  lines.] 
Done  into  modern  English  by  Mr.  Pope.  London:  Printed.  And, 
Dublin  Re-printed  by  George  Faulkner,  Printer  and  Bookseller,  in 
Essex-street,  opposite  to  the  Bridge,  1736.     12mo,  unbound. 

*  Evidently  a  fragment  of  another  book  as  the  pagination  runs  from  [131]- 
170.  The  Satires  (pp.  131-161)  were  first  printed  in  the  "Works,"  Vol.  IL 
1735.  The  "Epitaphs"  (pp.  163-170)  had  all  been  printed  previously  except 
No.  XI  "Intended  for  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  in  Westminster-Abby." 

1739 

The  Scots  Magazine.  Containing,  a  General  View  of  the  Religion,  Politicks, 
Entertainment,  &c.,  in  Great  Britain:  ....  Volume  I.  Edinburgh: 
Printed  by  Sands,  Brytner,  Murray  and  Cochran.  [1739.]  Svo,  half 
calf,  uncut. 

*  On   p.   360  are  Pope's   lines 

"On  lying  in  the  Earl  of  Rochester's  bed  at  Atterbury." 

1741 

The  Gentleman's  Magazine:  and  Historical  Chronicle.    Vol.  XI 

London:   .    .    .    .    [1741.]     Svo,  calf. 

*  On  p.  45  are  Pope's  lines 

"On  the  Grotto  at  Twickenham." 

1742 

Miscellanies.    The  Third  Volume.    By  Dr.  Arbuthnot,  Mr.  Pope,  and  Mr. 

Gay.     London:  Printed  for  Charles  Bathurst  at  the  Cross  Keys,  and 

L.  Gilliver  at  Homer's  Head  opposite  to  St.  Dunstan's  Church,  Fleet 

street,  MDCCXLII.     12mo,  calf. 

♦The  contents  are  apparently  the  same  as  Vol.  3  of  Motte's  Miscellany 

but  are  diflferently  arranged. 

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1750 

The  Student,  or,  the  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Monthly  Miscellany.  Vol.  I. 
[Quotations,  4  lines.]  Oxford:  Printed  for  J.  Newbery  in  St.  Paul's 
Church  Yard,  London :  /.  Barrett  in  Oxford;  and  J.  Merrill  in 
Cambridge.    MDCCL-    2  vols.,  8vo,  calf. 

*  Vol.  I  of  this  Magazine  contains  two  pieces  by  Pope. 

"On  seeing  the  Ladies  at  Crux  Euston  Walk  in  the  Woods  by  the  Grotto." 
P.  36. 
"Inscription  on  a  Grotto,  the  work  of  nine  Ladies."     P.  36. 

1761 

Ovid's  Epistles:  With  his  Amours.  Translated  into  English  Verse.  By 
Mr.  Dryden,  Mr.  Pope,  and  others.  London,  for  J.  and  R.  Tonson, 
1761.     12mo,  original  sheep. 

*  Contains,  on  p.  1-5,  Pope's  translation  of  "Sapho  to  Phaon"  previously 
printed  in  other  collections. 

1791 

The  Gentleman's  Magazine.    For  October,  1791.    8vo,  original  cover,  uncut. 

*  On  p.  892  is  first  printed  Pope's  translation  of  the  Prayer  of  St.  Francis 
Xavier. 

1854 

The  Athenaeum.    For  July  15,  1854.    4to,  unbound. 

*  Contains,  in  a  Review  of  the  Life  of  Pope,  "A  Paraphrase  on  Thomas 
A.  Kempis,"  in  verse,  printed  from  a  manuscript. 

WORKS 

1717 

1.  The  Works  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope.     [Quotation,  5  lines.]     London: 

Printed  by  W.  Bowyer,  for  Jacob  Tonson  at  Shakespear's  Head  in  the 
Strand,  and  Bernard  Lintot  between  the  Temple-Gates  in  Fleetstreet. 
\7\7.    Folio,  half  calf. 

*  The  library  includes  no  less  than  seven  copies,  in  six  varieties,  of  this 
first  collected  edition  of  Pope's  Works,  all  identical  in  contents  and  printed 
from  the  same  types  but  with  variations  in  imprint  on  titles  and  in  ornaments. 
In  the  copy  above  described  the  ornament  on  title  is  a  basket  of  flowers, 
with  two  winged  heads  below,  and  no  head  or  tail-pieces  are  used  throughout 
the  book. 

2.  The  Same.     Folio,  original  calf.     With  imprint  "London :  Printed  by  W. 

Bowyer,  for  Bernard  Lintot  between  the  Temple-Gates.  1717."  but 
otherwise  identical  with  A.  A  second  copy  in  old  calf,  tooled  back, 
is  included  (No.  2A). 

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3.  The  Same.    A   Large  Paper  copy.    Large   folio,  calf,   sprinkled   edges. 

Title  in  black  and  red.  With  imprint  as  in  No.  1,  but  having  as  title 
ornament  two  trumpets  and  a  harp  and  having  throughout  numerous 
head  bands,  tail  pieces  and  ornamental  initials,  some  printed  from  type 
metal  blocks,   others   engraved  on   copper. 

4.  The   Same.    4to,   contemporary  red  morocco,   tooled,   gilt  edges.    With 

the  same  ornaments  as  No.  3,  and  with  similar  imprint  but  differently 
lined  off. 

5.  The  Same.    4to,  contemporary  red  morocco,  with  the  Prince  of  Wales's 

arms  on  covers.  Like  No.  4,  but  printed  on  a  much  thicker  paper, 
and  with  a  portrait  different  from  that  in  any  of  the  others. 

6.  The  Same.     4to,  sprinkled  calf,  marbled  edges.     With  same  ornaments 

throughout  as  Nos.  3,  4  and  5,  but  with  a  different  imprint :  "London : 
Printed  by  W.  Bowyer,  for  Bernard  Lintot  between  the  Temple-Gates. 
1717." 

*  Ten  pieces  in  this  collection  here  first  appear  in  print. 
"Sapho  to  Phaon."    Pp.  253-267. 

"The  Fable  of  Dryope."     Pp.  275-280. 

"Two  Choruses  to  the  Tragedy  of  Brutus."     Pp.  353-357. 

"Verses  to  the  Memory  of  an  Unfortunate  Lady."     Pp.  358-362. 

"To  [Miss  Blount]  on  her  leaving  the  Town  after  the  Coronation."  Pp. 
373-375. 

"On  a  Fan  of  the  Author's  Design."     Pp.   376. 

"Epitaph    [to  Sir  William  Trumbal.]" 

"Epilogue  to  Jane   Shore."     Pp.   384-386. 

"Occasioned  by  Some  Verses  of  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Buckingham." 
P.  387. 

"Eloisa  to  Abelard."    Pp.   389-408. 

1720 

The  Works  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope.  [Quotation,  4  lines.]  London. 
Printed  by  T.  J.  for  the  Company.  M.DCC.XX.  Small  12mo,  original 
calf. 

*  Rearranged,  probably,  from  the  edition  of  1717. 

1727 

The  Works  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope.  According  To  the  London  Folio 
Edition.  The  Second  Edition:  To  which  are  Added  Several  New 
Poems  since  publish'd  by  the  Author.  [Quotation,  4  lines.]  Dublin: 
Printed  by  and  for  George  Grierson,  at  the  two  Bibles  in  Essex-Street. 
M,DCC,XXVIL  12mo,  sheep  (broken). 
♦The  Contents  are  the  same  as  the  folio  edition  of  1717.     One  or  more 

leaves  of  Table  are  lacking  at  end. 

1735 
The  Works  of  Mr.  Alexander  Pope.     Volume   II.     [Quotation,   5   lines.] 

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London :  Printed  by  J.  Wright,  for  Lawton  Gilliver  at  Homer's  Head 
in  Fleetstreet,  MDCCXXXV.    Folio,  old  calf. 

*  The  collection  includes  two  copies  of  this  volume  to  accompany  the  copies 
of  Vol.  I,  1717,  described  above  as  Nos.  2A  and  6.  No  typographical  varia- 
tions have  been  discovered. 

The  "Second  Satire  of  Dr.  John  Donne"  first  appeared  in  this  collection, 
filling  pp.  37-51  of  the  fourth  series  of  paging.  The  Fourth  Satire,  which 
fills  pp.  52-91  had  been  previously  printed  as  "The  Impertinent"  in  1733. 
Five  of  the  Epitaphs  also  are  here  first  printed. 

"II.     On  Charles  Earl  of  Dorset." 

"VII.     On  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller." 

"VIII.     On  General   Henry  Withers." 

"IX.     On  Mr.  Elijah  Fenton." 

"X.    On  Mr.  Gay." 

1737 

The  Works  of  Mr,  Alexander  Pope:  Containing  his  Epistles  and  Satires: 
With  some  never  before  printed.  London :  Printed  by  J.  Wright 
for  J.  Knap  ton  in  Ludgate  street,  L.  Gilliver  in  Fleet-street,  J.  Brind- 
ley  in  New  Bond-street,  and  R.  Dodesley  in  Pall-Mall,  MDCCXXXVII. 
4to,  old  calf. 

*  Printed  on  thick  paper  in  part  from  the  same  types  as  Works,  Vol.  2, 
1735,  but  differing  very  materially  in  contents.  Apparently  printed  for 
presentation  purposes.     This  copy  has  on  the  fly-leaf  "Ex  dono  Authoris." 

The  volume  is  made  up  as  follows : 

Frontispiece  portrait  "S.  Richardson  fecit,  1738;"  title,  as  above,  in  red 
and  black;  "The  Author  to  the  Reader."  2  pp.;  "An  Essay  on  Man"  with 
title-page  dated  1734,  printed  in  red  and  black  made  up  of  preliminary 
leaves  and  text  paged  7-74;  Ethic  Epistles,  the  Second  Book,  3  preliminary 
leaves  and  text  paged  47-71,  7-27,  and  39-78;  a  new  title  "Poems,  and  Imita- 
tions of  Horace.  By  Mr.  Pope.  Now  first  Collected  together.  [Quotation, 
1  line.]  London:  Printed  for  J.  and  P.  Knapton,  L.  Gilliver,  J.  Brindley, 
and  R.  Dodsley.     MDCCXXXVII!.",  with  text  paged  1-39,  1-81. 

The  title-page  "Poems  and  Imitations  of  Horace,"  dated  1738,  contains 
this  notice  on  reverse : 

"N.  B.  The  former  Works  of  this  Author  having  been  publish'd  in 
Quarto,  it  was  thought  fit  to  print  These  also  which  he  has  written  since, 
in  the  same  Volume  and  Character;  to  be  had  separate,  for  the  Conveniency 
of  those  who  would  compleat  their   Setts." 

Another  copy,  in  the  red  morocco  set,  with  the  Prince  of  Wales  feathers 
(described  on  p.  42),  is  without  this  title  page  but  has  additional  por- 
tions of  the  regular  1735  edition,  at  the  end,  numbered  1-7,  [1-2,] 
1-87  and  205-220. 

1741 

1.     The  Works   of   Mr.   Alexander   Pope,   In  Prose.    Vol.    II.    London: 
Printed    for    J.    and    P.    Knapton,    C.    Bathurst,    and    R.    Dodsley, 
M.DCC.XLI.     Folio,  original  calf. 
♦Consists  of  8  preliminary  leaves  and  text  paged  1-174   (with  *85  to  108 

inserted  between  pp.  84  and  85),  297-312,  1-70,  185-248,  259-266,  255-280,  and 

241-257.    The  vignette  on  the  title  is  a  basket  of  fruit. 

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2.    The   Works   of  Mr.   Alexander   Pope,   in   Prose.     Vol   II.     London: 

Printed    for    J.    and    P.    Kuapton,    C.    Bathurst,    and    R.    Dodsley, 

M.DCC.XU.    4to,  calf. 

*This  edition  consists  of  8  preliminary  leaves  and  text  paged  1-115,  89-182, 

1  blank  leaf,  323-339,  1-77,  203-270,  181-188,  277-304,  263-268,  169-179.    The 

title  page  in  red  and  black  has  as  vignette  a  portrait  of  Pope  and  most  of 

the  head-bands,  tail-pieces  and  initials  are  different,  some  being  engravings 

on  copper. 

1717-41 

Works  of  Alexander  Pope.  Printed  on  thick  paper,  throughout,  probably 
for  presentation  only.  4  vols.,  4to,  contemporary  red  morocco,  tooled, 
gilt  edges,  with  royal  arms  on  each  cover.  From  the  library  of  Fred- 
erick, Prince  of  Wales. 

*  This  unusual  set  is  made  up  as  follows: 
Vol.   I.    Works,   1717.    As  described,  p.  40. 
Vol.  II.    Works,  1737.    As  described,  p.  41. 

Vol.  III.  "The  Dunciad"  and  other  matter  forming  the  latter  half  of 
"Works,  Vol.  II,  1735,"  and  with  the  title  page  of  that  volume,  the  "11"  altered 
in  red  ink  to  "III."  Containing  also  "The  Art  of  Sinking  in  Poetry"  and 
other  matter  from  Prose  Works,  Vol.  II,  1741. 

Vol.  IV.     Letters,  1737. 

*  In  the  last  letter  Pope  wrote  to  Swift,  dated  May  17,  1739,  he  said,  re- 
ferring to  Frederick,  Prince  of  Wales :  "The  Prince  shows  me  a  distinction 
beyond  any  merit  or  pretence  on  my  part;  and  I  have  lately  received  a  pres- 
ent from  him  of  some  marble  heads  of  poets  for  my  library  and  some  urns 
for  my  garden." 

1735-1743 

Works.  Collected  Sets  in  small  12mo.  London:  various  publishers,  1735- 
1743. 

*  The  library  includes  seven  sets  of  Pope's  Works,  in  small  12mo,  variously 
made  up,  and  all  in  original  bindings.  The  volumes  containing  "The  Dun- 
ciad" have  been,  in  several  cases  (indicated  by  an  asterisk)  transferred  to 
the  Dunciad  Collection.     These  sets  are  made  up  as  follows : 

Set  A.     7  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf. 
Vol.  I.  for  B.  Lintot,  1736. 
Vol.  II.  for  L.  Gillivcr,  1735. 
Vol.  III.  for  H.  Lintot,  1736. 
Vol.  IV.  for  L.  Gilliver,  and  J.  Clarke,  1736. 

Vols.  V  and  VI.  "The  Second  Edition,  Corrected."  for  T.  Cooper,   \7Z7. 
Vol.  VII.  for  T.  Cooper,  1741. 

Set  B.     9  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf. 

Vol.  I,  Part  I.  for  Henry  Lintot,  1743. 

Vol.  I,  Part  II  for  H.  Lintot,  and  J.  and  R.  Tonson,  and  S.  Draper,  1745. 

Vol.  II,  Part  I,  Vol.  II,  Part  II,  and  Vol.  Ill,  Part  I,  for  R.  Dodsley  and 
T.  Cooper,  1743. 

*  Vol.  Ill,  Part  II.  for  R.  Dodslev  and  T.  Cooper,  1742. 

Vol.  IV,  Part  I,  Vol.  IV,  Part  11,  and  Vol.  IV,  Part  III,  for  T.  Cooper, 
1742. 

Set  C.    9  vols.,  12mo,  contemporary  blue  morocco.     A  thick  paper  copy,  pre- 

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sented  by  Pope  to  Charles  Bathurst,   who  succeeded  to  the  business 
of  Benjamin  Motte.     The  volumes  are  numbered  on  back  from  1  to  9. 

Vol.  I,  Part  I.  for  H.  Lmtot,  1740. 

Vol.  I,  Part  II.  for  H.  Lintot,  1741. 

Vol.  II.  Part  I  and  Vol.  II.  Part  II.  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1743. 

Vol.  Ill,  Part  I.  for  Henry  Lintot,  1741. 

*  Vol.  Ill,  Part  II.  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1742. 

Vols.  V  and  VI  for  T.  Cooper,  1739. 

Vols.  IV,  Part  III  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1742. 

Set   D.     9  vols.,   12mo,   original   calf. 
Vol.  I,  Part  I.  for  Henry  Lintot,  1743. 
Vol.  I,  Part  II.  for  H.  Lintot,  1741. 

Vol.  II,  Part  I,  Vol.  II,  Part  II,  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1743. 
*Vol.  Ill,  Part  I.  for  Henry  Lintot,  1742. 
Vol.  Ill,  Part  II.  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1742. 
Vol.  IV,  Part  I  and  Vol.  IV,  Part  II  for  T.  Cooper,  1742. 
Vol.  IV,  Part  III,  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1742. 

Set  E.    9  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf   (broken). 
Vol.  I  for  B.  Lintot,   1736. 
Vol.  II  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1739. 
Vol.   Ill  for  H.  Lintot,   1736. 
Vol.  IV,  for  L.  Gilliver  and  J.  Clarke,  1736. 
Vols.  V  and  VI  for  T.  Cooper,  1739. 
Vol.  II,  Part  II  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1738. 
Vol.  Ill,  Part  II  and  Vol.  IV,  Part  III  for  R.  Dodsley  and  T.  Cooper,  1742. 

Set  F.    6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf. 
Vol.  I.  for  B.  Lintot.  1736. 
Vol.  II  for  Lawfon  Gilliver,  1736. 
Vol.  Ill  for  H.  Lintot,  1736. 
Vol.  IV,  for  L.  Gilliver  and  J.  Clarke,  1736. 
Vols.  V  and  VI  for  T.  Cooper,  1739. 

Set  G.    6  vols.,  12mo,  original  calf. 
Vol.  I  for  B.  Lintot,  1736, 
Vol.  TI  for  L.  Gilliver,  1735. 
Vol.  Ill  for  H.  Lintot,  1736. 
Vol.  IV  for  L.  Gilliver  and  J.  Clarke,  1736. 
Vols.  V  and  VI.    The  Second  Edition,  Corrected,  for  T.  Cooper,  1737. 

1751 

The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.  In  Nine  Volumes  Complete. 
With  his  Last  Corrections,  Additions,  and  Improvements;  As  they  were 
delivered  to  the  Editor  a  little  before  his  Death ;  Together  with  the 
Commentaries  and  Notes  of  Mr.  Warburton.  London,  printed  for  J. 
and  P.  Knapton,  H.  Lintot,  J.  and  R.  Tonson,  and  S.  Draper. 
MDCCLI.  9  vols.,  8vo,  original  calf. 
*  Warburton's  first  edition. 

1757 

A  Supplement  to  the  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.     Containing  such 
Poems,  Letters,  &c.,  as  are  omitted  in  the  Edition  published  by  the 

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Reverend  Dr.  Warburton.  To  which  is  added,  A  Key  to  the  Letters. 
London :  Printed  for  M.  Cooper,  in  Pater-Noster-Row.  MDCCLVIL 
Small  8vo,  original   sheep. 

*  The  following  pieces  in  verse  seem  to  be  here  first  printed,  but  the  list 
may  not  be  complete. 

"Upon  the  Duke  of  Marlborough's  house  at  Woodstock."     P.  64. 

"The  fourth  Epistle  of  the  first  Book  of  Horace's  Epistles."     Pp.  TZ,  74. 

"Epigram  engraved  on  the  collar  of  a  dog."     P.  75. 

1758 

A  Collection  of  Essays,  Epistles  and  Odes.  [10  titles.]  By  Alexander 
Pope,  Esq;  London,  Printed  for  T.  Daniel,  W.  Thompson,  and  J. 
Steele,  in  Paternoster-Row,  and  A.  Todd  in  Fleet-Street.  1758.  Small 
12mo,  original  calf. 

1776 

Additions  to  the  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.  Together  with  Many 
Original  Poems  and  Letters,  of  Contemporary  Writers,  never  before 
published.  In  Two  Volumes.  Vol.  L  [Quotations,  4  lines.]  London  : 
Printed  for  H.  Baldwin,  T.  Longman,  R.  Baldwin,  G.  Robinson,  T. 
Caslon,  G.  Kearsley,  and  J.  Ridley.     \776.    2  vols.,  small  Svo,  half  calf. 

*  The  following  pieces  and  possibly  others  by  Pope  seem  to  be  first  printed 
in  this  compilation. 

"A  Farewell  to  London  in  the  Year  1715."     Pp.  1-4. 
"Lines  sung  by  Durastianti."     P.  6. 
"A  Dialogue."    P.  10. 

1797 

The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.  In  Nine  Volumes,  Complete. 
With  Notes  and  Illustrations  By  Joseph  Wharton,  D.  D.,  and  Others. 
London:  Printed  for  B.  Law  [and  others].  1797.  9  vols.,  Svo,  tree 
calf. 

*  Wharton's  first  edition. 

1804. 

The  Poetical  Works  of  Alexander  Pope.  With  The  Iliad  and  Odyssey. 
London,  for  P.  J.  DuRovcray,  1804.  Together  18  vols.,  8vo,  red 
straight-grained   morocco,   by    Stikeman. 

*  Large   paper    set,    with    proof-plates.      The    most    sumptuous    edition    of 
Pope's  works  ever  issued. 

1812 

The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.  In  Verse  and  Prose.  With  a 
Selection  of  Explanatory  Notes,  and  the  Account  of  his  Life  By  Dr. 
Johnson.  In  Eight  Volumes.  London :  Printed  for  Nichols  and  Son 
[and  others].     1812.    8  vols.,  12mo,  original  boards,  uncut. 

1822 

The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope;  With  Notes  and  Illustrations  by  Joseph 

41 


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Warton,  D.  D.  and  Others.  A  New  Edition,  Complete  in  Nine  Vol- 
umes. London:  Printed  for  J.  F.  Dove,  St.  John's  Square;  for 
Richard  Priestly,  High  Holborn.  MDCCCXXII.  With  Supplemental 
Volume.     London,  1825.     Together  10  vols.,  8vo,  original  boards,  uncut. 

1824 

The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.  With  Notes  and  Illustrations 
By  Himself  and  Others.  To  which  are  Added,  A  New  Life  of  the 
Author,  An  Estimate  of  his  Political  Character  and  Writings,  and 
Occasional  Remarks,  By  William  Roscoe,  Esq.  In  Ten  Volumes. 
London:  Printed  for  C.  and  J.  Rivington  [and  others^.  1824.  10  vols., 
8vo,  half  calf. 

1831 

The  Poetical  Works  of  Alexander  Pope.  Volume  I.  London.  Wil- 
liam Pickering,   1831.    3   vols.,    12mo,  original  cloth,   uncut. 

1853 

The  Poetical  Works  of  Alexander  Pope.  Edited  by  Robert  Car- 
ruthers.  In  Four  Volumes.  London :  Ingram,  Cooke  and  Co.,  1853. 
4  vols.,  12mo,  original  cloth. 

1871-89 

The  Works  of  Alexander  Pope.  New  Edition.  Including  Several 
Hundred  Unpublished  Letters,  and  other  New  Materials,  Collected 
in  Part  by  the  late  Rt.  Hon.  John  Wilson  Croker.  With  Introduction 
and  Notes  by  Rev.  Whitwell  Elwin.  London,  John  Murray,  1871-89. 
10  vols.,  8vo,  half  levant  morocco,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 
*  The  best  edition  of  Pope's  Works.    Continued,  and  with  Life  by  William 

John  Courthope. 

1897 

The  Poetical  Works  of  Alexander  Pope.  Edited  with  Notes  and  In- 
troductory Memoir  By  Adolphus  William  Ward.  London,  1897.  8vo, 
cloth,  uncut. 


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POPEANA 

Books  Brought  Out  by  The  Dunciad 

A  Compleat  Key  to  the  Dunciad.  [2  lines.]  London,  Printed  for  A.  Dodd. 
1728.     (Price  6d.)     12mo,  unbound. 

A  Compleat  Key  to  the  Dunciad.  With  a  Character  of  Mr.  Pope's  Pro- 
fane Writings.  By  Sir  Richard  Blackmore  Kt.  M.  D.  The  Second 
Edition.  [Quotation,  2  lines.]  Lond6n,  Printed  for  E.  Curll  in  the 
Strand.  1728.  (Price  6d.)  Where  may  be  had,  The  Dunciad.  (Price 
Is.)     Bound  with  "The  Dunciad"   No.  5. 

*  At  the  end  is  this  note :  "A.  Dodd  is  forbid  selling  any  more  Keys  on 
pain  of  Mr.  Pope's  Displeasure.  This  Second  Edition  of  the  Key  is  ren- 
dered conformable  to  the  Second  Edition  of  the  Poem."     Etc. 

A  Compleat  Key  to  the  Dunciad.  [As  No.  2.]  The  Third  Edition.  [2 
lines.]  London,  Printed  for  E.  Curll  in  the  Strand.  1728.  (Price 
6d.)  Where  may  be  had,  The  Dunciad,  The  Progress  of  Dulness, 
and    The    Popiad.     (Price    Is.    Each.)     12mo,    unbound. 

*  The  note  at  the  end  says :  "This  Third  Edition  of  the  Key  is  rendered 
conformable  to  the  Third  Edition  of  the  Poem."  Though  Dodd's  name  ap- 
pears on  the  title  of  the  first  edition  and  Curll's  on  the  later  ones  there  is 
no  doubt  that  all  three  editions  were  printed  from  the  same  types. 

The  Progress  of  Dulness.  By  an  Eminent  Hand.  Which  will  serve  for  an 
Explanation  of  the  Dunciad.  [Quotations,  7  lines.]  London :  Printed 
in  the  Year  M.DCC.XXVIIL     (Price  One  Shilling.)     12mo,  unbound. 

*  This  book  is  advertised  at  the  end  of  the  second  genuine  edition  of 
"The  Dunciad"  (our  No.  lA)  and  at  the  end  of  the  pirated  edition  (our 
No.  2).  Whether  Pope  intended  to  issue  a  continuation  to  "The  Dunciad" 
under  this  title  cannot  now  be  determined.  This  book  is  certainly  not  by 
Pope. 

The  Popiad.  London:  Printed  in  the  Year  M.DCC.XXVIIL  (Price  One 
Shilling.)     Small   12mo,   unbound. 

*  This  is  advertised  as  the  Second  Part  of  "The  Progress  of  Dulness." 

A  New  Book  of  the  Dunciad:  Occasion'd  by  Mr.  Warburton's  New  Edition 
of  The  Dunciad  Complete.  By  a  Gentleman  of  one  of  the  Inns  of 
Court.    London,  1750.    4to,  half  calf. 

Pope  Alexander's  Supremacy  and  Infallibility  examin'd;  And  the  Errors 
of  Scriblerus  and  his  Man  William  Detected.  London,  1729.  4to,  un- 
bound. 

The  Cudgel,  Or,  a  Crab-tree  Lecture.  To  the  Author  of  The  Dunciad. 
By  Hercules  Vinegar,  Esq;  London,  1742.  8vo,  unbound.  Two  cop- 
ies. 

An  Essay  on  the  Dunciad  an  Heroick  Poem.     London,  1728.    8vo,  unbound. 

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The  Works  of 


The  Female  Dunciad.    London,   1728.    8vo,   unbound. 

Sawney.  An  Heroic  Poem.  Occasion'd  by  the  Dunciad.  London,  1728. 
8vo,   unbound. 

An  Essay  on  Satire,  Particularly  on  the  Dunciad.  By  Mr.  Walter  Harte. 
London,  1730.    8vo,  unbound. 

Durgen,  or  A  Plain  Satyr  upon  a  Pompous  Satyrist.  London,  1729.  8vo, 
unbound. 

A  Compleat  Collection  Of  all  the  Verses,  Essays,  Letters  and  Advertise- 
ments, which  have  been  occasioned  by  the  Publication  of  Three  Vol- 
umes of  Miscellanies,  by  Pope  and  Company  .  .  .  With  a  large 
Dedication  to  the  Author  of  the  Dunciad.  London,  1728.  8vo,  un- 
bound. 

A  Collection  of  Pieces  in  Verse  and  Prose,  Which  have  been  publish'd  on 
Occasion  of  the  Dunciad.     London,   1732.    8vo,  unbound. 

Two  Epistles  to  Mr.  Pope,  Concerning  the  Authors  of  the  Age.  London, 
1730.    8vo,  unbound. 

An  Author  To  be  Lett  ....  By  their  Associate  and  Well-wisher  Iscariot 
Hackney.     London,   1729.    4to,  unbound. 

Female  Dunciad.  Containing  1.  A  faithful  Account  of  the  Intrigues,  Gal- 
lantries and  Amours  of  Alexander  Pope,  of  Twickenham.  London, 
1728.     12mo,  unbound. 

Codrus:  or,  the  Dunciad  Dissected.  Being  the  Finishing-Stroke.  To  which 
is  added,  Farmer  Pope  and  his  Son.  A  Tale.  By  Mr.  Phillips.  Lon- 
don, 1728.     12mo,  unbound. 

The  State  Dunces.     Inscribed  to  Mr.  Pope.    London,  1733.    Folio,  unbound. 

The  Same.     Small  12mo,  bound  with  other  pieces. 


Replies,  Comment,  Etc,  on  Other  Volumes 

Remarks  on  Mr.  Pope's  Rape  of  the  Lock.     In  Several  Letters  to  a  Friend. 
By   Mr.    Dennis.     London,    1728.    8vo,   unbound. 

The  Rape  of  the  Smock.    An  Heroi-comical  Poem.    In  Two  Books.     By 
Mr.  Jacob.     The  Second  Edition.     London,  1727.    8vo,  half  calf. 

A  New  Rehearsel,  or  Bays  the  Younger Also  a  Word  or  Two 

upon  Mr.  Pope's  Rape  of  the  Lock.     London,   1714.     12mo,  unbound. 

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Alexander  Pope 

An  Epistle  to  Mr,  Pope  Occasion'd  by  his  Essay  on  Man.  By  Robert 
Dodsley.    London,    1734.    Folio,   unbound. 

Of  Dulness  and  Scandal.  Occasion'd  by  the  Character  of  Lord  Timon  in 
Mr.  Pope's  Epistle  to  the  Earl  of  Burlington.  By  Mr.  Welsted.  Lon- 
don,   1732.     Folio,   unbound,   uncut. 

A  Letter  to  Mr.  Pope,  Occasioned  by  Sober  Advice  from  Horace,  &c. 
London,    1735.    4to,   unbound. 

Two  Epistles  of  Horace  Imitated.    London,  1736.    4to,  unbound. 

Verses  Addressed  to  the  Imitator  of  the  First  Satire  of  the  Second  Book 
of  Horace.  By  a  Lady.  [Lady  Montague.]  London,  n.  d.  Folio, 
unbound. 

The   Same.     London,    1733.    8vo,   unbound. 

Achilles  Dissected.     Being  a  Compleat  Key  of  the  Political  Characters  In 

that  New  Ballad  Opera,  written  by  the  late  Mr.  Gay By  Mr. 

Burnet.  To  which  is  added,  The  First  Satire  of  the  Second  Book  of 
Horace,  Imitated  in  a  Dialogue  between  Mr.  Pope  and  the  Ordinary 
of   Newgate.     London,  1733.    8vo,  unbound. 

The  Man  of  Taste.  Occasioned  by  an  Epistle  of  Mr.  Pope's  on  that  Sub- 
ject.    London,    1733.     Folio,   unbound. 

The  Same.    8vo,  unbound. 

The  Man  of  Taste.     Dublin,  1733.     Small  12mo,  bound  with  other  pieces. 

A  Miscellany  on  Taste.     By  Mr.  Pope,  &c.     London,  1732.    Svo,  half  calf. 

Remarks  on  Mr.  Pope's  Epistle  of  Taste,  To  the  Right  Honourable 
Richard  Earl  of  Burlington.  By  Galfridus  Scriblerus,  Martini  Scrib- 
leri  F.  N.  M.  The  Second  Edition,  with  Additions.  London,  1751. 
4to,  calf. 

The  Woman  of  Taste.  Occasioned  by  a  late  Poem,  Entitled.  The  Man  of 
Taste.     By  a  Friend  of  the  Author's.     London,  1733.     Folio,  unbound. 

The  Woman  of  Taste.  Dublin,  1733.  Small  12mo,  bound  with  other 
pieces. 

The  First  Book  of  Homer's  Iliad.  Translated  By  Mr.  Tickell.  London, 
1715.    4to,  half  vellum. 

Homerides:  Or,  A  Letter  to  I\Ir.  Pope.  Occasion'd  by  his  Intended  Trans- 
lation of  Homer.  By  Sir  Iliad  Doggrel.  London,  1715.  Svo,  unbound. 
Two  copies. 

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The  Works  of 


Remarks  upon  Mr,  Pope's  Translation  of  Homer.  With  Two  Letters 
concerning  Windsor  Forest,  and  the  Temple  of  Fame.  By  Mr.  Dennis. 
London,    1717.    8vo,   unbound. 

The  Satirist:  In  Imitation  of  The  Fourth  Satire  of  the  First  Book  of 
Horace.     London,   1733.     Folio,  unbound. 

The  Satirist:  In  Imitation  of  The  Fourth  Satire  of  the  First  Book  of 
Horace.     Dublin,    1733.     12mo,    bound    with    other    pieces. 

A    Supplement   to    One   Thousand    Seven    Hundred   Thirty-Eight.    Not 

Written  by  Mr.  Pope.     Dublin,  1738.     Small  12mo,  bound  with  other 
pieces. 

Verses  on  the  Grotto  at  Twickenham.  By  Mr.  Pope.  Attempted  in  Latin 
and  Greek London,  1743.    4to,  half  calf. 

A  Plan  of  Mr.  Pope's  Garden,  As  it  was  left  at  his  Death:  With  a  Plan 
and  Perspective  View  of  the  Grotto.  All  taken  by  J.  Serle,  his  Gar- 
dener.   London,   1745.    4to,   half   morocco. 

Musaeus:  A  Monody  to  the  Memory  of  Mr.  Pope,  in  Imitation  of  Mil- 
ton's  Lycidas.     London,    1747.     4to,  unbound. 

Neck  or  Nothing:  A  Consolatory  Letter  from  D — nt — n  to  Mr.  C — rll 
Upon  his  being  Tost  in  a  Blanket,  &c.     [London,]   1716. 

Hereditary  Right  Exemplified:  Or,  A  Letter  of  Condolance  from  Mr. 
Ed d  C 1  to  his  Son  H y,  Upon  his  late  Discipline  at  West- 
minster.   London,  1728. 

The  Curliad.  A  Hypercritic  upon  the  Dunciad  Variorum.  With  a  farther 
Key  to  the  New  Characters.     London,  1729. 

A  Narrative  of  the  Method  by  which  the  Private  Letters  of  Mr.  Pope 
Have  been  procur'd  and  publish'd  by  Edmund  Curll,  Bookseller.  Lon- 
don,  1735. 

Remarks  on  Squire  Ayre's  Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  Mr.  Pope. 
In  a  Letter  to  Mr.  Edmund  Curl,  Bookseller.  London,  1745.  The 
preceding  five  pieces  are  bound  together  in  one  volume,  half  morocco. 

A  Letter  from  Mr.  Gibber,  to  Mr.  Pope,  Inquiring  into  the  Motives 
that  might  induce  him  in  his  Satyrical  Works,  to  be  so  frequently 
fond  of  Mr.  Gibber's  Name.  London,  Printed :  And  Sold  by  W.  Lewis 
in  Russel-Street,  Covent-Garden.  MDCCXLII.  8vo,  blue  levant  mo- 
rocco, uncut. 

*  The  first  edition.     Printed  in  large  type,  having  66  pages.     "Price  One 
Shilling"   on   the  half-title. 

A   Letter  from  Mr.   Gibber  to  Mr.   Pope London :   Printed   in 

the  Year,  MDCCXLII.     Price  Six  Pence.    8vo,  sewed,  uncut. 

*  With  32  pages  only.     An  unauthorized  edition. 

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Alexander  Pope 


A  Letter  from  Mr.  Gibber  to  Mr.  Pope,  ....  The  Second  Edition. 
London,   W.   Lewis,  1742.    8vo,  half  calf,  uncut. 

A  Letter  from  Mr.  Gibber,  to  Mr,  Pope,  ....  Dublin:  Printed  by 
A.   Reilly,  For  G.  Ewing,  1742.     12mo,  unbound. 

A  Letter  from  Mr.  Gibber  to  Mr.  Pope,  ....  London:  Printed  in 
the  Year  M.DCC.LXVIII.    8vo,  calf. 

Another  Occasional  Letter  from  Mr.  Gibber  to  Mr.  Pope By 

Mr.  Colley  Cibber.  London,  Printed:  And  Sold  by  W.  Lewis  in 
Russel-Street,  Covent  Garden.  MDCCXLIV.  (Price  One  Shilling.) 
8vo,  half  calf,  uncut,  bound  with  the  "Letter,"  second  edition. 

Another  Occasional  Letter  from  Mr,  Gibber  to  Mr.  Pope Glas- 
gow: Printed  for  W.  MacPharson.    Svo,  calf,  uncut,  bound  with  others. 

A  Letter  to  Mr,  G b r,  On  his  Letter  to  Mr.  P ,     [By  Lord 

Hervey.]  London:  Printed  for  J.  Roberts,  .  .  .  MDCCXLH.  Svo, 
calf,  bound  with  others. 

A  Gompleat  Key  To  the  New  Farce,  call'd  Three  Hours  after  Marriage. 

With  an  Account  of  the  Authors.  By  E.  Parker,  Philomath.  London, 
1717.    Svo,   bound  with   other   pamphlets. 

The  History  of  Martin.     Being  A  Proper  Sequel  to  The  Tale  of  a  Tub. 

....  To  which  is  added,  A  Dialogue  between  A P e.  Esq ; 

and  Mr.  C s  C sse,  Poets,  in  St.  James's  Park.    London,  1742. 

Svo,  half  morocco,  uncut. 

Of  Verbal  Griticism:  An  Epistle  to  Mr.  Pope.  Occasioned  by  Theobald's 
Shakespear,    and    Bentley's    Milton.     London,    1733.      Folio,    unbound. 

The  Same.    Svo,  unbound. 

An  Essay  upon  the  Taste  and  Writings  of  the  Present  Times. — Occasion'd 
by  a  late  Volume  of  Miscellanies  by  A.  Pope,  Esq. ;  and  Dr.  Swift. 
London,  1728.    Svo,  unbound. 

Reflections  Gritical  and  Satyrical,  upon  a  late  Rhapsody,  Call'd,  An  Essay 
upon  Criticism.     By  Mr.  Dennis.     London,  n.  d.     Svo,  unbound. 

Verses  Occasioned  by  Mr.  Warburton's  Late  Edition  of  Mr,  Pope's 
Works     London,   1751.     Svo,   unbound. 

A  Collection  of  Several  Curious  Pieces  Lately  Inserted  in  the  Daily 
Journal,     London,  1728.     4to,  paper  cover,  uncut. 

Characters:  An  Epistle  to  Alexander  Pope,  Esq.;  and  Mr.  Whitehead. 
London,  1739.     Folio,  unbound. 

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The  Wrongheads:  A  Poem.  Inscrib'd  to  Mr.  Pope.  By  a  Person  of 
Quality.     London,  1733.     Folio,  unbound. 

Tit  for  Tat.    London,  1734.     Folio,  unbound. 

The  Life  and  Genuine  Character  of  Doctor  Swift.     Written  by  Himself. 

London,  1733.     Folio,  unbound. 
*  Dedicated  to  Pope. 
An  Epistle  to  the  Egregious  Mr.  Pope,  in  which  the  Beauties  of  his  Mind 

and  Body  are  amply  displayed.     By  Mr.  Gerard.     London,  1734.    Folio, 

unbound. 

The  Sequel  of  Mr,  Pope's  Law-Case. — The  Second  Edition.  London,  1733. 
Folio,  unbound. 

An  Epistle  from  a  Gentleman  at  Twickenham,  to  a  Nobleman  at  St. 
James's.     London,  n.  d.     Folio,  unbound,  uncut. 

A  Satirical  Essay  on  Modern  Poets,     London,  1734.    Folio,  unbound. 

Advice:  A  Satire..   London,  1746.     Folio,  unbound. 

An  Epistle  from  a  Nobleman  to  a  Doctor  of  Divinity.  London,  1733. 
Folio,  unbound. 

The  Universal  Passion.  Satire  I.  To  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Dorset. 
London,  1725.     Folio,  unbound,  uncut. 

GuUiveriana:  or  a  Fourth  Volume  of  Miscellanies.  —  To  which  is  added, 
Alexanderiana ;  or,  a  Comparison  between  the  Ecclesiastical  and  Po- 
etical Pope.    London,  17^'.    8vo,  sheep. 

Atterburyana.  Being  Miscellanies  by  the  Late  Bishop  of  Rochester,  &c. 
London,  1727.     12mo,  sheep. 

Pope   Commemoration.     1888.     Loan   Museum.     Catalogue   of  the   Books, 
Autographs,    [etc.],   exhibited   in    the   Town    Hall,    Twickenham,   July 
31st  to  August  4th,  1888.     [London,  1888].    4to,  half  morocco. 
*The  Introduction  is  signed  in  autograph  by  Austin  Dobson. 


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AUTOGRAPH  MANUSCRIPT  OF 
AN  ESSAY  ON  MAN 

Alexander  Pope's  most  important  poem  and  one  of  the  most 
far-r6'aching  in  its  influence  upon  our  language  is  the  "Essay  on 
Man,"  the  autograph  manuscript  of  which  is  offered  in  connection 
with  the  wonderful  collection  of  Pope's  books  described  on  the  pre- 
ceding pages,  or  by  itself,  if  desired. 

The  "Essay  on  Man"  was,  as  has  already  been  indicated,  under 
way  for  several  years.  In  May,  1730,  he  was  outlining  his  plan  to 
Spence,  and  in  August,  1731  Bolinbroke  announced  to  Swift  that 
three  books  were  completed  and  the  fourth  in  hand.  These  three 
parts  were  published  in  1733,  Part  IV,  not  until  the  next  year. 

The  present  manuscript  of  Books  I  to  III  was  carefully  written 
out  by  Pope  in  his  neat  round  hand,  in  a  blank  book.  Each 
Epistle  has  a  heading  in  capitals,  drawn  in  by  Pope  himself.  That  of 
the  first  book  is  "ETHICK  EPISTLES.  |  ths  |  FIRST  BOOK, 
TO  I  Henry  St.  John  Lord  B."  The  text  begins  in  the  middle  of  p. 
1  with  a  large  capital  "A"  and  ends  on  p.  12.  Pp.  13,  14  are  blank. 
The  second  Epistle  begins  on  p.  15  with  Heading  "EPISTLE  II." 
and  ends  on  p.  28.  A  blank  leaf.  Pp.  29,  30  is  followed  by  "EPIS- 
TLE III."  filling  pp.  31-43.  This  is  followed  by  two  blank  leaves 
and  a  third  leaf  having  on  the  recto  eight  lines  of  verse,  with  head- 
ing "Incipit  Liber  Secundus,  Epistl.  I.  Of  Ye  Limits  of  Reason." 
The  whole  forms  a  quarto  volume,  9^  by  12  inches  with  blue  paper 
wrapper,  laid  in  an  old  flexible  vellum  cover. 

This  manuscript  is  not  made  up  of  separate  leaves  but  is  the 
original  book,  made  up  of  folded  and  stitched  sheets,  into  which 
Pope  carefully  transcribed  his  masterpiece.  Another  autograph 
manuscript,  more  carelessly  written  on  loose  sheets  of  varying  sizes, 
and  evidently  an  earlier  draft,  is  owned  by  Mr.  J.  Pierpont  Morgan. 

Pope,  as  is  well  known,  was  always  revising  and  rewriting  his 
work.     In  the  present  manuscript  Epistle  I  is  comparatively  free 

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from  alterations,  though  a  few  words  and  lines  have  been  changed 
and  a  few  additions  have  been  written  in  on  the  margins.  The  two 
other  Epistles  are  like  most  of  Pope's  manuscripts,  much  amended, 
altered,  and  rewritten.  As  the  text  of  the  first  printed  edition  dif- 
fers very  materially  from  this  manuscript,  it  is  certainly  not  the 
printer's  "copy."  In  the  same  way  Mr.  Morgan's  earlier  draft  is 
very  different  from  either.  Modern  editors  seem  to  have  had  access 
to  that  earlier  manuscript,  only,  the  one  here  offered  being,  apparent- 
ly, unknown.  Both  manuscripts  and  perhaps  others,  were  once 
owned  by  Jonathan  Richardson,  the  painter's  son,  who  wrote : 

"As  for  his  Essay  on  Man,  as  I  was  witness  to  the  whole  con- 
duct of  it  in  writing,  and  actually  have  his  original  MSS.  for  it 
from  the  first  scratches  of  the  four  books,  to  the  several  finished 
copies,  all  which  ...  he  gave  me  himself  for  the  pains  I  took  in 
collating  the  whole  with  the  printed  editions,  at  his  request,"  etc. 

It  is  truly  an  exceptional  circumstance  that  such  a  manuscript 
as  this  should  have  survived  to  our  day. 


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